Vocab
Relationship between organisms where at least one benefits
Symbiosis
organisms and their abiotic factors
ecosystem
What is the primary consumer in the food chain?
leaf-->caterpillar-->bird-->snake
caterpillar
What type of symbiotic relationship:
clownfish gives nutrients to the sea anemone
Sea anemone gives clownfish protection
mutualism
The maximum number of organisms an ecosystem can sustain
carrying capacity
list 2 biotic factors in a jungle
snakes, tiger, trees birds etc.
What is the secondary consumer in the food chain
leaf-->caterpillar-->bird-->snake
bird
What type of relationship?
remora fish eat extra scraps left over from sharks
sharks are unaffected
commensalism
A relationship when one benefits and the other is harmed
parasitism
list two abiotic factors in the ocean
water, sand, rocks etc.
What would happen to the population of snakes if the bird population decreased
leaf-->caterpillar-->bird-->snake
decrease
what type of relationship?
mistletoe grows on oak trees taking in their nutrients
parasitic
All of the living parts of an ecosystem
biotic factors
two limiting factors in an ecosystem
air, water, food etc.
What is the producer in the food chain
leaf-->caterpillar-->bird-->snake
leaf
What type of relationship is this?
A lion hunts and eats a gazelle
predation
An interaction where one organism kills another for food
predation
What keeps a population from growing past its carrying capacity
limiting factors
What do the arrows represent in a food chain or a food web
flow of energy
What type of relationship?
A tick feeds off of a deer's blood
parasitic