Symbiosis
Give a definition for symbiosis.
What is a close relationship between different species, which includes mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism.
Grass is eaten by a prairie dog. The prairie dog is eaten by a coyote. This is an example of?
Food chain.
What word best describes all living and non-living things in an environment?
Ecosystem.
Animals that eat a variety of meats, fruits, and vegetables are?
Omnivores.
A type of adaptation that allows animals to blend in with their environment.
Camouflage.
The Remora fish attaches to the undersides of a shark's belly and eats any food that the shark may drop. The Remora does nothing for the shark. What symbiotic relationship is this?
What is commensalism.
A bird eats a worm. Who is the predator?
Bird.
An organism that can make its own food.
Producer.
Vultures and hyenas, which feed on the remains of dead organisms, are considered?
Scavengers
The instinct of an animal is something that the animal has learned.
True or False
False.
This is a relationships where both organisms benefit from the relationship.
Mutualism.
An organism that makes its own food (an autotroph).
A producer.
All the living things in an environment.
Biotic.
Water flooding a prairie is an example of an abiotic element that may change the area?
True or False?
True - abiotic (non-living).
Is cacti having waxy skin a structural (physical) or behavioral adaptation?
Structural (physical).
In this relationship, one organism benefits and the other is harmed. EX: Dog and a flea.
Parasitism.
What abiotic factor do all organisms get their energy from?
The sun.
A complex network of many interconnected food chains and feeding relationships.
Food Web
A bird flying south for winter is an example of mimicry.
True or false
False - this is a behavioral adaptation.
Is worker ants communicating with each other using chemical signals a structural (physical) or behavioral adaptation?
Bees and flowers have evolved to need each other. Flowers receive pollination from bees as they fly from flower to flower to gather nectar. What is this an example of?
Mutualism.
A limiting factor is anything that can limit the size of a population, including living and nonliving features of an ecosystem?
True or False
True.
All the non-living things in the environment.
Abiotic.
If an eagle eat a mouse that eats some berries, the eagle is a primary consumer, secondary consumer, decomposer, or producer?
Primary consumer.
Which of the following animals DO NOT hibernate: Bees, cow, snakes, or brown bear?
Cow.