Food Chains
Which organism does a food chain begin with?
Producers
What is the name given to a special partnership in which two species interact with each other over a long period of time?
Symbiosis
All the different species that live in a particular ecosystem
population
Organisms that get their energy directly from the sun and change the energy into a form that other organisms can use.
producers
Learned behaviors are inherited
False Instincts are inherited.
What is an animal that hunts and eats other animals called?
the predator
What provides energy for all living things?
The sun
an organism's specific function or job in the ecosystem
Niche
Organisms that break down dead things and wastes
Decomposers
Plants need sunlight, water, and oxygen for photosyntheses.
False - Sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide are needed.
What do we call an animal that eats only plants?
Herbivore
What is the name given to the special characteristics or skills that help living things survive in their environments?
adaptations
The place where an organism lives
habitat
Organisms that depend on producers for food
consumers
Food, water, protection from consumers, and shelter are four basic needs of all living things.
True
What do you call an animal that eats both plants and animals?
Omnivore
All the organisms of the same species that live in an ecosystem.
Population
each living member of an ecosystem
Individual
Any organism that lives on or in another organism and gets food from that organism is called a
Parasite
A food web shows how energy moves through one food chain in an ecosystem.
False - Energy Pyramid
What is the transfer of energy and nutrients through a community called?
a food chain
Name the three types of symbiosis and describe that relationship.
parasitism - one benefits while the other suffers
mutualism - both benefit
commensalism - one benefits while the other is not
hurt
The nonliving part of an ecosystem
Environment
What is the name given to the movement of a whole group of animals from one ecosystem to another ecosystem?
Migration
Animals that a predator hunts is called his quarry.
False - Prey