Producers and Consumers
Organisms that produce their own food through the process of photosynthesis
Producers
Way of showing how the energy from food moves through populations of organism in a community
Food Chain
Struggle among organisms for resources in an ecosystem
Competition
Relationship between two different kinds of organisms that benefits both of them
Mutualism
Trait that helps an organism survive in its environment
Adaptation
Organisms that obtain food by eating other organisms
Consumers
Way of showing how food chains are related
Food web
Relationship in which an organism kills and eats another organism
Predation
Relationship between two different kinds of organisms in which one benefits and the other is unaffected
Commensalism
An organism is able to blend in with its surroundings to hide from predators
Camouflage
What level of consumers eat only producers?
Primary Consumers
What is almost always the first link in a food chain?
Producer
Relationship between different species living in a close association with one another
Symbiosis
Relationship between two different kinds of organism in which one organism lives in or on another organism and causes it harm.
Parasitism
An organism protects themselves from their predators with sharp needles like a porcupine
Protective covering
What level of consumers eat primary consumers?
Secondary consumers
Organisms in a community are related by __________
How they get their food
What resources do animals compete for?
Which type of relationship does this demonstrate? The yucca plant depends on the yucca moth to pollinate it and the plant provides protection and food for the moth's larvae
mutualism
Animals who use bright colors to warn predators that they are poisonous
Warning coloration
Level of consumers that eat secondary consumers?
Tertiary Consumers
Energy being passed from organism to organism
How can a prey species benefit from predation?
Predators are more like to kill and eat the weakest animals which means that the strongest members of the prey population are left to reproduce and pass on their traits to their offspring. (Natural Selection)
When the barnacles attach themselves to the whale they benefit by being able to feed and the whale is unaffected which type of relationship is demonstrated?
Species who evolve to look like another type of organism
Mimicry