Honors Biology- Ecology Exam Questions and Answers | 100% Pass
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Honors Biology
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Honors Biology
Honors Biology- Ecology Exam
Questions and Answers | 100% Pass
What is ecology? - Answer️️ -the study of interactions between organisms and
between the environment
Define ecosystem - Answer️️ -abiotic and biotic factors that make up the ecosystem;
community of interacting organisms and...
Define herbivore, carnivore, and omnivore - Answer✔️✔️-H- eats plants
C- eat meat
O- feeds on plants and animals
Define a trophic level - Answer✔️✔️-each of several hierarchical levels in an ecosystem,
comprising organism that share the same function in the food chain and the same
nutritional relationship
What is the 10% rule? - Answer✔️✔️-only 10% of the energy in one trophic level is
maintained to the next
Where does the other 90% go? - Answer✔️✔️-heat and waste
Define biomass - Answer✔️✔️-the dry weight of all organic matter contained in the
organisms within an organism
Biomass Pyramid - Answer✔️✔️-shows the amount of living tissue available at each
trophic level
Numbers Pyramid - Answer✔️✔️-shows the number of species at each trophic level
Energy Pyramid - Answer✔️✔️-only 10% of energy is available within one trophic level is
transferred to the next
What are the type of Ecological pyramids? Define Ecological pyramids - Answer✔️✔️-
Biomass, Numbers, Energy
diagram that shows the amounts of matter contained in each trophic level in the food
web or chain
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