Ecology Part 1- Review Game

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What is Ecology?

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The study of how living things interact with their environment and abiotic factors.

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What type of symbiotic relationship does a remora have with a shark?

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Commensalism - the remora benefits by getting a free ride, while the shark is not affected.

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What are the four most important materials needed by living organisms?

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Water, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorous.

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What do overlapping food chains in an ecosystem make up?

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Food web.

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What is a food chain?

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A diagram that shows a direct straight line of a feeding relationship.

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What is a food web?

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A complex network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem.

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Define abiotic factors.

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Non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment that affect living organisms.

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What is mutualism?

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A symbiotic relationship where both species benefit.

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What is predation?

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A relationship where one organism (the predator) kills and eats another organism (the prey).

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What is the role of decomposers in an ecosystem?

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Decomposers break down dead organic material, returning nutrients to the soil.