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1. Explain how predator and prey populations in a community fluctuate?

2. What is a key stone species? What makes one key stone species? Who are some key stone species in an area?

3. Why key stone species is important in a community? What will happen if a key stone species is removed from a community?

4. What is pollination? Know the name of the male and female reproductive parts of a flower produced by a plant. Pollination results in production of what part of a plant?

5. Honey bee is an important pollinator. Which group of plants is dependent on honey bee for pollination? Do pollinators have specific plant species to pollinate?

6. A decrease in which keystone species has impacted agriculture in recent years?

7. What is trophic level? What percentage of total energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next? What percentage of energy is not transferred (lost)

8. Who are producers? Who are consumers? What is a food chain? What is a food web?

9. Define with example symbiosis, parasitism, commensalism, mutualism and predation with example.

10. What is niche? How does it differ from a habitat? When does two species engage in competition?