Symbiosis Photosynthesis Eco-Friendly Transfer of Energy Combination 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500

Match Column A with the descriptions in Column B. Question Column 1-100 Match Column A with the descriptions in Column B. Column A Column B 1. Parasitism A. A relationship in which both organisms benefit. 2. Mutualism B. A relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected. 3. Commensalism C. A relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is harmed

Answer Column 1-100 1 --- C 2 --- A 3 --- B

Question Column 1-200 Goby species live among the spines of toxic sea-urchins Goby gain protection from the sea urchin. The sea urchin is neither advantaged nor disadvantaged by the relationship. Identify the type of symbiosis.

Answer Column 1-200 Commensalism

What is a mite and what does it do? Question Column 1-300 What is a mite and what does it do? What type of symbiosis is shown?

A mite sucks the blood of its host Parasitism Answer Column 1-300 A mite sucks the blood of its host Parasitism

Question Column 1-400 The Boxer crab carries a pair of small anemones in its claws. When approached by a predator it waves these around presenting the stinging tentacles so as to deter the marauder. The anemones benefit from the small particles of food dropped by the crab during feeding. This is an example of mutualism. How does the crab benefit? How does the sea anemone benefit?

Answer Column 1-400 Crab – benefits be scaring away predators Sea Anemone – benefits by gaining food dropped by the crab It’s a WIN-WIN!

Question Column 1-500 Egrets hang out with large animals, such as hippos and rhinos. When those big beasts walk, their feet stir up insects and other small animals on the ground. That means the egret doesn't have to look far for a meal. This type of symbiosis is commensalism. Therefore, what can you infer about the hippos or rhinos role in the relationship?

The hippo or rhino would be unaffected! Answer Column 1-500 The hippo or rhino would be unaffected!

Question Column 2-100 What is the role of a plant? What organisms is always at the beginning of a food web or food chain? Consumers Producers Decomposers Scavengers

Answer Column 2-100 Producers

During photosynthesis, plants make what? Question Column 2-200 During photosynthesis, plants make what?

Answer Column 2-200 Food and oxygen

Question Column 2-300 The products of photosynthesis are… Carbon dioxide and oxygen Oxygen and sugar Sunlight and carbon dioxide Water and chlorophyll

Answer Column 2-300 b. oxygen and sugar

Question Column 2-400 What is the definition of photosynthesis? Why is it important? What would happen if there were not producers?

Answer Column 2-400 Photosynthesis is the process of using sunlight to make food for plants. We need plants/producers in order to survive. If we had no plants animals and humans would not survive.

Question Column 2-500 How do carnivores get their energy from plants? Give an example of a food chain to show the flow of energy.

Answer Column 2-500 When herbivores eat plants, they receive some of the energy that plants make. Then, carnivores receive some energy from herbivores when the carnivores eat the herbivores. Grass Rabbit Fox Fungi Sun provides energy to the producer which is the grass. The rabbit is a herbivore and eats only producers so it receives energy from the grass. The fox is a carnivore so it receives energy by eating the rabbit. Lastly, the fungi gets energy because it eats the fox and returns the nutrients back to the soil.

Question Column 3-100 What group of organisms aid in the process of composting? Why do they help?

Answer Column 3-100 Decomposers! Return nutrients to the soil

Why do we have less energy during the winter months? Question Column 3-200 Why do we have less energy during the winter months?

Less hours of sunlight= less energy for plants Answer Column 3-200 Less hours of sunlight= less energy for plants

What does composting put back in the soil? Question Column 3-300 What does composting put back in the soil?

Answer Column 3-300 nutrients

Which item is recyclable? Question Column 3-400 Which item is recyclable?

Answer Column 3-400

Which items are compostable? Question Column 3-500 Which items are compostable?

Answer Column 3-500

What do arrows represent in a food chain or a food web? Question Column 4-100 What do arrows represent in a food chain or a food web?

The flow or the transfer of energy Answer Column 4-100 The flow or the transfer of energy

Which food chain is correct? Question Column 4-200 Which food chain is correct? A B C

Answer Column 4-200 B

Question Column 4-300 Make a food chain with these organisms. Identify the role each organisms plays. Challenge make a food web with additional organisms. a. eagle b. snake c. mice d. grass e. bacteria

Answers will vary Answer Column 4-300 Grass Mice Snake Eagle Bacteria Producer Herbivore Carnivore Carnivore Decomposer

Question Column 4-400

Answer Column 4-400 Sage-> Desert Rats-> Owls Sage -> grasshopper -> scorpions Sage -> grasshopper -> roadrunner Saguaro Cactuses -> Rabbit-> Owl Saguaro Cactuses -> Desert Rat -> Owl Prickly Pear Cactuses -> Rabbit -> Owl Prickly Pear Cactuses -> Desert Rats -> Owl

Draw a food web using the organisms listed in the table below.. Question Column 4-500 Draw a food web using the organisms listed in the table below.. Organisms What it eats… Fox rabbits, mice, prairie dog Prairie dog grass, flowers Rabbit Wolf Hawk Mice coyote

Answer Column 4-500 Your food web must include at least one producer, arrows that are facing towards the eater and are overlapping somewhere. See example below.

Question Column 5-100 Identify one synonym for the word beneficial. Identify one synonym for the word detrimental. Which role in a food chain uses photosynthesis to make food?

Answer Column 5-100 Plants use photosynthesis to make food Beneficial Detrimental good bad positive negative helpful harmful favorable injurious Plants use photosynthesis to make food

Question Column 5-200 What would happen if frogs were taken out of this food chain? What effects would it have? Algae -> insect -> frog-> snake If we added in dragonflies into This food chain what would Happen to the frog population?

Answer Column 5-200 Algae -> insect -> frog-> snake If frogs were taken out of this food chain the insects would increase and overpopulate and the snake population would decrease/die out because it would not have a food source of the frog. If dragonflies were added in the frog population would increase.

Identify which organism is the predator and which is the prey. Question Column 5-300 Identify which organism is the predator and which is the prey. LYNX SNOWSHOE HARE

Predator = LYNX Prey = SNOWSHOE HARE Answer Column 5-300 Predator = LYNX Prey = SNOWSHOE HARE

Question Column 5-400 Zebra mussels first came to the U.S. from Eurasia in ship ballast water released into the Great Lakes. Since 1988, they have spread dramatically, out-competing native species for food and habitat. Zebra mussels can attach to almost any hard surface - they clog water intake and discharge pipes, attach themselves to boat hulls and docks, and they even attach to native mussels and crayfish. How as the Zebra mussels affected the ecosystem?

Answer Column 5-400 Zebra mussels first came to the U.S. from Eurasia in ship ballast water released into the Great Lakes. Since 1988, they have spread dramatically, out-competing native species for food and habitat. Zebra mussels can attach to almost any hard surface - they clog water intake and discharge pipes, attach themselves to boat hulls and docks, and they even attach to native mussels and crayfish. How as the Zebra mussels affected the ecosystem?

Question Column 5-500

Answer Column 5-500 commensalism mutualism commensalism mutualism