Ecology Survey (Introduction) Name ___________________________________________ Period ____

1. What is the title of the unit on p.476? Ecology

2. Read about ecology on the left side of p.476. Write two things you ate for breakfast or lunch.

_______EGGS__________ _____________BACON___________
now, trace back, step by step (using the example from the reading), and list where each food item came from.
Trace it all the way back to its origin. Trace back by writing down what each organism eats.

Example: eggs grocery store distributormanufacturerfarmer

chicken chicken ate feed feed came from corn corn grew from plant
plant grew from earth because of sunlight and water

3. What is the title of section 1 on p.480? Everything is Connected

4. List the 3 vocabulary words, bold and highlighted in yellow (p.480). Briefly write the definition of each word.
Give example(s) for each vocabulary word. (Do not copy word for word, just key words)
Word Definition Example(s)
ECOLOGY The study of the interactions of living Scientist :
organisms with one another and their Botanist (studies plants)
environment. Bahviorist (studies
behavior)

BIOTIC All living factors that live together and Humans, Animals,
interact with one another. plants, trees

ABIOTIC Nonliving factors such as water, soil, Air, Water, Dirt,

light and temperature. Rocks
5. What does figure 2 show on p.481? Name three abiotic factors the birds are interacting with in
The FIVE levels of Environmental the picture.

Organization Water, Sand, Air (other answers ok)

6. Examine the picture (figure 3) of a salt marsh (p.482). Name 3 biotic factors and 3 abiotic factors.
3 biotic factors 3 abiotic factors
Laughing Gull Sunlight
Jellyfish Water
Egret Air
7. Describe producers, herbivores, and carnivores? (p.485)
Producers use sunlight directly to make food.
Herbivores are consumers and eat only plants
Carnivores are consumers are eat only meat
8. Examine the food web on p.486 (figure 2). Name 2 producers, 1 herbivore, and 1 carnivore.

Producers: __________TREE____________________ _______GRASS____________________________

Herbivore: _____________DEER______ Carnivore: VULTURE______

the pathway of energy transfer that determines

Food Chain
9. What is the difference who eats what
between a food chain and
a food web? (p.486) Food Web A diagram that shows who eats what in an ecosystem.

10. List the 3 types of symbiosis (p.494-495). (Blue Subtitles). Briefly describe each.

_____MUTUALISM___________A symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit.

__COMMENSALISM________ a symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is UNAFFECTED_

___PARASITISM_____________A symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is HARMED.

11. What type of symbiosis is occurring between the remora fish and the shark? Figure 7 (p.494)
The remora fish and the shark have a COMMENSALISTIC relationship
12. Read about the carbon cycle on p.509 (bottom). Explain how CARBON and OXYGEN is transferred between
animals and plants.
Humans breathe in air and breathe out carbon dioxide. Plants breathe in carbon dioxide
and use PHOTOSYNTHESIS to convert carbon dioxide into Oxygen

13. Write 1 or 2 words to describe each biome. (p.527-532)

Deciduous Leaves change color, fall off trees, variety of animals
Forest

Coniferous Pinecones, Evergreen trees

Forest

Tropical Rain Most kinds of plants & animals nutrients in canopy not in soil
Forest
Dry and Hot, biotic features have many adaptations to survive
Desert

Very Cold, Little to no rainfall

Tundra

14. In which biome do we live in? Why? Deciduous Forest, leaves change color & fall off trees and a
variety of animals.