1. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

27. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

43. 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

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

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

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

47. 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

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

49. 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

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

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

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