Ecology Scavenger Hunt
By: Akshat Sharma and Tarun Gunnabathula
Producer
The tree Akshat is pointing to is a producer. The tree is a producer because the tree uses its leaves to gather the sunlight coming off the sun to produce its own food, henceforth becoming a producer.
Image: Taken by Tarun at CHS (4/28/15)
Primary consumer
The ladybug is a primary consumer, as it is the first trophic level in a food chain. The ladybug is the primary consumer as it eats the producer first and starts the trophic chain.
Image: Taken by Tarun at CHS (4/20/15)
Secondary Consumer
The duck is an example of the secondary consumer, as the crow eats small insects. The duck eats small insects, snails, and other small animals that eat producers.
Image: Taken by Akshat at the Valley Ranch canal (4/30/15)
Tertiary consumer
An example of a tertiary consumer would be the Shark (specifically the Great White). The Great White consumes larger animals, such as seals. These seals consume smaller fish, which end up consuming plankton and other producers. This ends up making the Great White a tertiary consumer.
Image Credits: Jrank.org (5/6/15)
Quaternary Consumer
A quaternary consumer would be the hawk. Hawks consume snakes, which are tertiary consumers. Snakes consume mice, which are secondary consumers. Mice consume grasshoppers, which are primary consumers. Finally, grasshoppers consume producers, such as sunflowers. This classifies the hawk as the 4th consumer up the food chain.
Image Credits: http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/ (5/5/15)
Decomposer
The decomposers in this biome are mushrooms that are fungi. The mushrooms are the organisms that decompose.
Image: Taken by Tarun at CHS (4/20/15)
Mutualism
The bee and the flower have a mutualistic relationship, meaning that the relationship benefits both of them. The bee obtains food from the nectar of the plant while the flower has its pollen spread about by the bee.
Image Credits: http://info.nhpr.org/ (5/6/15)
Commensalism
The Egret and cattle (horse as well) have a communalistic relationship. As the cattle move around, the insects around it become more active, allowing the Egret to prey upon them. This does not harm or benefit the cow in any way.
Image Credits: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ (5/6/15)
Parasitism
The relationship between the mosquito and human is parasitic because only the mosquito benefits. The mosquito obtains blood from the human, and the human has no benefit, only the loss of blood and nutrients.
Image Credits: http://en.wikipedia.org/ (5/16/15)
Predator-Prey Relationship
Image Credits; http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ (5/6/15)
Autotroph
Image: Taken by Tarun at CHS (4/17/15)
Heterotroph
Image: Taken by Tarun at the Valley Ranch canal (4/17/15)
Uniform DIspersion
Uniform dispersion occurs when the population is (relatively) equally spaced out. This example of the Emperor Penguins has the organisms in evenly spaced lines (for the most part), making it uniform.
Image Credits: http://bio1152.nicerweb.com (5/16/15)
Random Dispersion
Image Credits: http://bio1152.nicerweb.com (5/16/15)
Clustered Dispersion
Image: Taken by Akshat at the Valley Ranch canal (4/17/15)
Density Dependent Factor
Image Credits: http://classroom.synonym.com (5/16/15)
Density Independent Factor
In a density-independent factor, the concentration of the populations and communities does not affect the factor. Floods are a factor that do not depend on how many organisms are living in an area.
Image Credits: http://drb-biology2011.wikispaces.com (5/16/15)
Competition
Competition is when organisms fight food limited things, such as food, shelter, and resources. In this picture, the birds and the prairie dog are fighting for the one peanut, which is a limited food.
Image: photolabels.co (1/30/15)
Water Cycle
Image: Taken by Tarun at CHS (4/20/15)
Carbon Cycle
Image Credits: http://www.businessdailyafrica.com (5/6/15)
Nitrogen cycle
Image Credits: Indiana Public Media (5/6/15)
Secondary Succession
Image Credits: http://en.wikipedia.org (5/6/15)
Biome
Image: Taken by Akshat at Trevor-Reese Jones Scout Camp (4/18/15)
Air pollution
The car is an example of air pollution, as they back pipe of the car is releasing dangerous compounds that can cause diseases. The car has a back pipe that releases compounds that releases bad compounds into the air, therefore polluting it.
Image: Taken by Tarun in Coppell (5/14/15)
Water pollution
The car is an example of air pollution, as they back pipe of the car is releasing dangerous compounds that can cause diseases. The car has a back pipe that releases compounds that releases toxic compounds into the air, therefore polluting it.
Image: Taken by Tarun at the Valley Ranch canal (5/6/15)
Greenhouse effect
Cred: Wikimedia (5/6/14)
Land pollution
Image: Taken by Tarun at CHS (5/6/15)
Renewable Resource
Image: Taken by Akshat at CHS (5/6/14)
Water Pollution
Image: Taken by Akshat at the Valley Ranch canal (5/6/15)
Non-Renewable Resource
Image: Taken by Tarun at CHS (5/5/15)
Cause of Extinction
Image: Taken by Tarun at the Valley Ranch canal (5/6/15)
Invasive Species
Image: Taken by Tarun at the Valley Ranch canal (5/6/15)
Algal Bloom
Image: Taken by Tarun at CHS (4/18/15)
Omnivore
Image: Taken by Tarun at CHS (4/18/15)
Herbivore
Image: Taken by Akshat at Trevor-Resse Scout Camp (4/17/15)
Carnivore
Image: Taken by Tarun In Valley Ranch (5/6/15)
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