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4. Mr. Anderson used the example of the Snowshoe Hare and the Canada Linx to
show how changes in biotic factors can affect organisms. How are the cycles
of the Snowshoe Hare and Canada Linx populations related to one another?
5. Mr. Anderson uses food chains and food webs to show how even small
changes in ecosystems can cause complex changes in populations,
communities, and ecosystems. What are some of the things that have
happened since wolves were reintroduced in Yellowstone? List at least one
biotic factor that has changed and one abiotic factor that has changed.
Biotic =
Abiotic =
Herbivore
Carnivore
Decomposer
Herbivores
Carnivores
Decomposers
3. What is a host?
4. What is a symbiont?
5. What is parasitism?
7. What is commensalism?
9. What is amensalism?
10.
Step 1: Complete the Energy Pyramids reading and answer the questions on the
back.
Step 2: Brainstorm some of the organisms that live in your assigned ecosystem and
place them on the pyramid below.
Grading Checklist:
Title
Cycling of
matter
Abiotic
Factors
Biotic
Factors
Interaction
of biotic
and abiotic
factors
Types of
organisms
Food Chains
and Webs
Types of
interactions
between
organisms
Types of
interactions
between
organisms
and
resources.
Total Points
/1 point
/5 points
/1 point
/1 point
/2 points
/2 points
/2 points
/2 points
/2 points.
/3 points
/2 points
/2 points
/25 points
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