Symbiotic relationships
What is a relationship between organisms that strive for the limited resources in the same ecosystem?
Competition
What are the organisms that get energy from the sun?
Producers/Autotroph
What are these organisms an example of:
Grass, trees, vegetables, and fruits
Producers
What are organisms that eat only plants?
Herbivores
What are the names of the living and nonliving factors in an ecosystem?
Biotic and Abiotic factors
What is a relationship between two organisms in which one benefits but the other is harmed?
Parasitism
What are the organisms that eat producers in order to get their energy and food?
Consumers/heterotroph
What are these organisms an example of:
Grasshoppers, Caterpillars, Rabbits, and Cows
Primary Consumers/First level consumers
What are organisms that eat only meat?
Carnivores
What is the process where groups of organisms work or act together for common or mutual benefits?
Cooperation
What is a type of symbiotic relationship where all species involved benefit from their interactions?
Mutualism
What are the organisms that break down the waste and the dead bodies of organisms?
Decomposers
What are these organisms an example:
Foxes, bears, birds, and crocodiles
Secondary consumers/Second level consumers
What are organisms that eat both plants and animals?
Omnivores
What is a diagram illustrating the amount of energy available at each feeding level in an ecosystem?
Energy pyramid
What is a relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits but the other doesn't get harmed or benefit.
Commensalism
What is a model that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem?
Food chain
What are these organisms an example of:
Lions, humans, polar bears, and hawks
Tertiary Consumers/Third level consumers
What are the consumers that interact in predation?
Predator and prey
What are the organisms called in parasitism?
Host and parasite
What is a relationship where one organism kills and consumes another.
Predation
What is a model that shows the interconnected food chains in an ecosystem?
Food web
What is the position of an organism in a food web or energy pyramid?
Trophic levels
What is a carnivore that feeds on bodies of dead organisms?
Scavengers
What is any relationship in which two species live closely together and at least one of the species benefits?
Symbiosis