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Station #1 or #4: Interspecies Relationships

Term Definition Example

Competition Symbiotic relationship in which two or more Fox and hawk

species require the same resource in an hunting rabbits
environment

Predation A symbiotic relationship where one species Bear eating

captures and feeds on another species salmon

Symbiosis Permanent, close relationship between two or Cleaner wrasse

more organisms of different species and larger fish

Mutualism Symbiotic relationship where both organisms Ants and acacia

of different species benefit trees

Commensalism Symbiotic relationship where one species Moss growing on

benefits and the other species is neither a tree
harmed nor benefited.

Parasitism Symbiotic relationship where one species Brown-headed

benefits at the expense of another (host) cowbirds
species (look it up)

Niche Strategies and adaptations that a species uses Hummingbird

in its environment. Includes interactions with beak
biotic and abiotic factors in a habitat.
(completed chart 16 pts)
How is commensalism different than mutualism? Which type of relationship would you
rather be a part of? (2 pts)

In mutualism both species involved benefit from the relationship, while only one species
is benefited by commensalism and the other species is unaffected. I would rather be a
part of mutualism, because by benefitting the other species, it increases the chances of
that relationship continuing.

Are these relationships abiotic or biotic factors? Support your claim with reasoning.
(2pts) (These relationships are ______ factors, because)

These relationships are biotic because they involve living organisms.

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Station #2 or #5: Energy Pyramid

(completed chart 12 pts)

Use the blue Biology books (pg 51-52), and your knowledge of energy transfer, to
answer the following questions: (2pts each)
Why do you think so much energy is lost as it is transferred to the next trophic level?
Organisms at the next trophic level are not physically able to capture and eat all of the
available food on the level below them, resulting in only a small portion of energy (food)
being transferred.

Is it more efficient to be a herbivore, or a carnivore? Why do you think cannibals are

rare?
More efficient to be a herbivore, because they get 10% of original energy, while
carnivores only get 1% or 01.%. From an energy perspective, cannibals are rare because it
is nutritionally inefficient to eat secondary and tertiary consumers. Just eat a vegetable!

Where does the other 90% of energy from each trophic level go?
Used during metabolism and lost to the environment as heat.

What is Biomass? Which trophic level contains the most biomass? Which contains the
least?
Biomass is the total (dry) mass of all living matter in a given area or trophic level.
Producers have the most biomass, while tertiary consumers typically contain the least
biomass.
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Station #3 or #6: Biomes Map

Northern Canada and Alaska are tundra. Color the tundra blue

Most of Canada is coniferous forest, also called boreal forest or Color the coniferous forest dark
taiga. green

The West Coast of the U.S. is deciduous forest. So is the East Color the deciduous forest light
Coast, all the way to the center of the country. green

The Midwest (middle of the country) is grassland, also known as

Color the grassland yellow
the prairie.

The eastern edge of Mexico and Central America, Hawaii, and the Color the tropical rain forests
Caribbean Islands are all tropical rain forests. purple

There is a Northwest Coniferous Forest located in the far corner Color the northwest coniferous
of the U.S. forest brown

The great lakes and the lakes in Canada are freshwater. Color each freshwater lake pink

The bodies of water surrounding the continent are ocean. Color the coastal areas dark blue

The Western region of the U.S. as well as Northern Mexico is

Color the desert orange.
desert.

Color this deciduous forest light

The Western edge of Mexico is temperate deciduous forest.
green as well.

(Completed map 14pts)

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Station #3 or #6: Biomes Map Questions ( 2pts each)

Name the three main biomes of the United States (land only).
Grassland, Deciduous Forest, Desert

Place an X on the map to show your approximate location. What two biomes are closest
to where you live?
Desert and Deciduous Forest

A person is driving from Los Angeles, California to Washington D.C. Name the biomes
the person will pass through, in the correct order.
Desert, Grassland, Deciduous Forest

For 5pts Extra Credit, color this simplified version of the world map.