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Understanding Ecological Relationships

This document discusses various ecological relationships and concepts: 1. It describes three example relationships: a tapeworm parasitizing a canine's intestines, a hummingbird pollinating plants while feeding on nectar, and a jackal scavenging leftovers from a tiger's kill without significantly impacting the tiger. 2. It introduces ecological succession as organisms changing an environment over time to create a more complex ecosystem. Primary succession begins with lichen on bare rock and progresses to soil and large trees over hundreds of years. 3. A food web diagram shows herbivores eating algae and carnivores eating the herbivores, with only 1% of energy being passed to higher troph

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Understanding Ecological Relationships

This document discusses various ecological relationships and concepts: 1. It describes three example relationships: a tapeworm parasitizing a canine's intestines, a hummingbird pollinating plants while feeding on nectar, and a jackal scavenging leftovers from a tiger's kill without significantly impacting the tiger. 2. It introduces ecological succession as organisms changing an environment over time to create a more complex ecosystem. Primary succession begins with lichen on bare rock and progresses to soil and large trees over hundreds of years. 3. A food web diagram shows herbivores eating algae and carnivores eating the herbivores, with only 1% of energy being passed to higher troph

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Ecological Relationships

Ecological Relationships

1. Tapeworms enter the canines intestinal tract, where


they then attach to the lining of the intestines and suck the
nutrients from the animal What type of relationship?
2. A hummingbird sips nectar from a plant for food and in
return aids in pollination. What type of relationship?
3. The jackal feeds on the remains of the prey left by the
tiger after a kill. The Jackal does not appear to hinder or
benefit the Tiger. What type of relationship?

Ecological succession is about ___________ in an


environment to help create a ______________
ecosystem.

Ecological Succession

Primary succession begins with a ___________


_________ such as, lichen growing on rock. The
lichen then decomposes and mixes with broken rock
to create soil. As new organisms grow over hundreds
of years large trees grow to show a stable
environment called a _____________
_____________.

What type of Succession is shown above? Justify your answer.

Food Webs

Answer the questions according to the food


web to the left.
1. List a food chain that is present in the food
web.
2. Which organism will receive 1% of the total
energy?
3. List the consumers present.

Food web: network of


overlapping food chains in
an ecosystem.

1. Where does the energy originally come from?


2. As you move up the pyramid 3 things occur.
-biomass matter & _________ of organisms
decrease
-__________ become more concentrated
-stored ____________ decreases by 10%
Trophic Level

4. What are the possible consequences of a


reduction in the amount of algae present?

Ecological (Energy) Pyramids


Next to the Ecological Pyramid
to list the percent of Energy
received by each level.

Organism & Example


(Autotroph/Heterotroph)

First
Second
Third
Fourth

Which type of organism could be in multiple trophic levels of the ecological


pyramid?

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