Biotic or Abiotic?
Which is biotic: sunlight or grass?
What is grass?
What is one individual living thing called?
What is an organism?
What do we call an organism that hunts another organism?
What is a predator?
In which relationship do both organisms benefit?
What is mutualism?
What does + mean in a symbiotic relationship?
What is the organism benefits?
Give one example of an abiotic factor.
What is any nonliving factor such as water, sunlight, soil, temperature, rocks?
A group of the same species living in one area is called what?
What is population?
What do we call the organism that is hunted and consumed?
What is prey?
Mutualism is represented by what symbols?
What is +/+?
What does 0 mean in a symbiotic relationship?
What is the organism is unaffected?
Water, rocks, fish, and plants are in a pond. Name two abiotic factors.
What is water and rocks?
Different populations living together make up a ________.
What is community?
Two plants need the same sunlight. What interaction is occurring?
What is Competition?
A tick benefits while a dog is harmed. What relationship is this?
What is parasitism?
What is a resource?
What is something an organism needs to survive, such as food, water, space, shelter, or sunlight?
Explain the difference between a biotic and abiotic factor.
What is Biotic = living/once living; abiotic = nonliving?
Put these in order from smallest to largest: community, organism, ecosystem, population.
What is Organism → Population → Community → Ecosystem ?
During a drought, two deer drink from the same small pond. What are they competing for?
What is water?
A remora gets food from a shark, but the shark is unaffected. What relationship is this?
What is commensalism?
What does – mean in a symbiotic relationship?
What is the organism is harmed?
An ecosystem has trees, birds, soil, sunlight, water, and insects. Sort all six into biotic and abiotic.
What is Biotic — trees, birds, insects; Abiotic — soil, sunlight?
What level includes living AND nonliving factors interacting in an area?
What is an Ecosystem?
A snake eats a mouse, then a hawk eats the snake. Explain how the snake can be both predator and prey.
The snake is the predator when it eats the mouse but becomes prey when the hawk eats it.
Explain what symbols represent mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism using +, –, and 0.
What is mutualism = +/+; commensalism = +/0; parasitism = +/–?
Explain why organisms compete for limited resources.
What is competition happens when organisms need the same resource and there is not enough for everyone?