Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) One option to practice recall for a test or exam is Flip Cards. Cards may be effective as a study tool when a number of facts or definitions must be memorized. The following information is a set of Power Point electronic Flip Cards for the Grade 9 Academic Science Ecology Unit. To “run” the cards, use the dropdown “Slide Show” menu and, if appropriate, click “View Show.” Each definition has a blue background. It is followed by the corresponding answer on a green background. To go to the next screen, you simply push return. The “End Show” button at the bottom of the screen stops the program. Another option is to simply scroll through the cards. If Flip Cards work for you (i.e., you learn the definitions via this tool), you may wish to make your own cards for the other science units. Have fun…engage and learn.

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Question 1 Zone around Earth where life can exist

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Answer 1 Biosphere

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Question 2 Species interaction in which two individuals benefit from each other

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Answer 2 Mutualism

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Question 3 A representation of the feeding relationships within a community

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Answer 3 Food Web

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Question 4 The variety of life in a particular ecosystem

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Answer 4 BIODIVERSITY

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Question 5 A representation of energy, numbers or biomass relationships in an ecosystem

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Answer 5 ECOLOGICAL PYRAMID

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Question 6 Mass of living organisms in a given area

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Answer 6 Biomass

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Question 7 A large geographical region defined by climate with a specific set of biotic and abiotic features.

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Answer 7 Biome

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Question 8 Maximum population size of a particular species that a given ecosystem can sustain indefinitely

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Answer 9 Carrying Capacity

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Question 9 The abiotic conditions within which a species can survive

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Answer 9 Tolerance Range

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Question 10 Species interaction in which one individual lives on or feeds on a host organism

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Answer 10 Parasitism

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Question 11 The layer of gases surrounding Earth

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Answer 11 Atmosphere

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Question 12 Ability to maintain an ecological balance

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Answer 12 Sustainability

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Question 13 Only 10% of the energy taken in by an individual at one trophic level is passed on to individuals in the next trophic level

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Answer 13 Rule of Ten

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Question 14 Species Interaction in which one individual benefits and other organism neither benefits or is harmed

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Answer 14 Commensalism

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Question 15 The forms of energy transferred during heating or cooling

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Answer 15 Thermal Energy

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Question 16 Living things, their remains and features such as nests, associated with their activities

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Answer 16 Biotic Factors

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Question 17 The process in which the Sun’s energy is converted into chemical energy

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Answer 17 Photosynthesis

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Question 18 All the living organisms and their physical and chemical environment

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Answer 18 Ecosystem

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Question 19 All of Earth’s water in solid, liquid and gas forms

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Answer 19 Hydrosphere

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Question 20 A species interaction in which two individuals vie for the same resource

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Answer 20 Competition

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Question 21 The function of a species serves in its ecosystem, including what it eats, what eats it, and how it behaves

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Answer 21 Ecological Niche

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Question 22 The number of species in an area

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Answer 22 Species Richness

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Question 23 The level of an organism in an ecosystem depending on its feeding position along a food chain

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Answer 23 Trophic Level

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Question 24 A sequence of organisms, each feeding on the next, showing how energy is transferred from one organism to another organism

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Answer 24 Food Chain

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Question 25 Any factor that restricts the size of a population

Flip Cards – Grade 9 Academic Science (Ecology) Answer 25 Limiting Factor