The relationship between a barnacle living on a whale.
Commensalism
100
Animals that only eat plants
herbivores
200
Living things that make their own food are called...
producers
200
The non-living things in an ecosystem
What are abiotic factors?
200
A volcanic eruption is a natural cause for an ecosystem to change
What is true
200
The relationship between a plover bird and crocodile
mutualism
200
Living things that feed off of dead plants and animals
Decomposers
300
What is the relationship between different kinds of organisms called?
What is symbiosis
300
Give two examples of abiotic factors
Sun, soil, water..
300
Driving in your car instead of walking is an example of conservation.
What is false
300
The relationship when a tick is on a dog.
Parasitism
300
Draw a food chain using the following organisms: snake, grass, mouse, sun
sun -> grass -> mouse -> snake
400
What is a contest among populations that need to get a certain amount of food, water, and shelter to survive?
What is competition
400
Name 2 biotic factors
Trees, animals, grass
400
an animal that only eats one type of food is at risk of becoming extinct if that food is taken away.
What is true
400
Sea anemones use their tentacles to sting their prey. However, fish like the clown fish are not harmed by the anemone's sting. They often lived around the anemone's tentacles to get protection from predators. What type of symbiosis best describes this relationship between the clown fish and the sea anemone?
Commensalism
400
When food sources are low and animals MIGRATE to a new area with food, this is called
an adaptation
500
What diagram shows the complex feeding relationships between different food chains in an ecosystem?
What is a food web
500
Is the first source in a food chain a biotic or abiotic factor?
The sun is abiotic
500
Different populations in a community often compete for the same resources
true
500
what is the order in which energy flows in an ecosystem?
sun->producer->herbivore->carnivore->decomposer
or
sun->producer->primary consumer->secondary consumer->tertiary consumer ->decomposer
500
Suppose an area were stripped bare of plants and trees by mining. Later, people started planting new plants and trees to help return the land to its original condition. What is this process called?