SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIPS
This relationship benefits one organism while the other is unaffected (mites riding beetles).
What is commensalism
The ultimate source of energy in all ecosystems.
What is the Sun
Nonliving parts of an ecosystem (air, water, sunlight).
What are abiotic factors
Smallest level of ecological organization.
What is an organism
In predator-prey relationships, predators are organisms that do this.
What is hunt/eat other organisms
This relationship benefits both organisms (ants & acacia tree).
What is mutualism
Energy flows in this direction in food webs.
What is from producers to consumers
Living components of an ecosystem.
What are biotic factors
A group of the same species living together.
What is a population
If shark population increases, this happens to prey populations like bluefish.
What is decrease
A bee pollinating flowers while collecting nectar is this type of relationship.
What is Mutualism
Only about ___% of energy transfers to the next trophic level.
What is 10%
Example of abiotic + biotic interaction.
What is a tree removing carbon dioxide from air
All living populations in an area.
What is Community
Why are there fewer organisms at the top of an energy pyramid?
What is less energy is available
An organism benefits while harming another organism.
What is parasitism
What happens to the other 90% of energy?
What is used for life processes and lost as heat
Factor limiting lake trout to cold environments.
What is temperature
All living and nonliving things in an area.
What is an ecosystem
White-tailed deer competing with another species will most likely…
What is decline over time
A predator hunting and killing prey is this type of interaction.
What is predation
Organism with the least energy in a pyramid (shrub, grasshopper, lizard, coyote).
Organism with the least energy in a pyramid (shrub, grasshopper, lizard, coyote).
Process that turns dead leaves into soil.
What is decomposition
Largest level (most complex):
what is a biome (or biosphere)
If oxpecker population decreases, rhinoceros population will…
What is decline