Mutualism, Commensalism, or Parasitsm
A rhino having parasites eaten off of its back by a tick bird
What is Mutualism
A wolf
What is a tertiary consumer
The study of the interactions between various organisms and their environments
What is Ecology
A single living thing
What is an organism
It is the main energy source of an ecosystem
What is the Sun
A lion
What is a tertiary consumer
A specific type of habitat which has a certain level of rainfall, vegetation, and communities of organisms
What is an ecosystem
Many populations living together in an area
What is a community
It is the level of the energy pyramid that has the most energy available (Bottom, middle, or top)
What is the bottom
The Red-tailed Hawk living in the cactus
What is Commensalism
A Black Bear
What is a secondary consumer
All the members of one species in a particular area
What is a Population
A group of the same species living together in an area
What is a population
It is a a combination of food chains
What is a food web
Bees traveling from flower to flower getting pollen and spreading pollen to help the flower reproduce
What is Mutualism
A deer
What is a primary consumer
Things that cause a population to stop increasing or to go down
What is a Limiting Factor
The Earth
What is the biosphere
In an energy pyramid, it is the level that includes both omnivores and carnivores
What is the secondary consumers
Barnacles living on a whale
What is Commensalism
An Otter
What is a secondary consumer
A close relationship between two or more species wherein one of them benefits
What is Symbiosis
A community plus the abiotic factors
What is an ecosystem
It is what happens to energy that is not passed along in the food web
What is it gets lost