Interaction of Living Things
What is the BIOTIC part of an environment?
What is the ABIOTIC part of an environment?
the living parts of an environment
the physical parts or nonliving parts of the environment
What is an herbivore?
An animal that only eats plants
What is a predator?
An animal that eats another animal
What is a habitat?
the environment in which an animal lives
What is population?
A group of the same animal
What is an omnivore?
An animal that eats both plants and meat
What is prey?
An animal that gets eaten by a predator
What is competition?
When two or more animals are trying to use the same resource
What is community?
All the different animals that live in the same area
What is a carnivore?
An animal that eats meat only
A relationship in which both animals benefit
What are adaptations?
Changes an animal makes overtime to increase their ability to live and survive
What is an ecosystem?
A community of animals and the nonliving parts of the environment.
What does a food chain show?
how food energy flows from one animal to another
What is commensalism?
A relationship where one animal benefits and the other is unaffected
What is coevolution?
A long term change that takes place in two species because of their close interactions
Give an example of a biotic and abiotic part of a desert habitat
varies
What does a food web show?
All of the different types of food animals may eat
What is parasitism?
When one animal benefits and the other is harmed. (parasite and host).
What is a scavenger?
An animal that eats the scraps of other dead animals