Food webs
These organisms are herbivores, therefore they are called ______________ consumers.
what is primary ?
An environment that provides the things an organism neds to live, grow, and reproduce.
what is a habitat ?
Both organisms benefit
what is mutualism?
Two or more organisms of the same species.
what is a population ?
The organism that a parasite lives in or on in a parasitism interaction.
what is a host ?
This is a way to show how energy in a food web is allocated. Usually there is a large base and a pointed top.
what is a energy pyramid ?
The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with their nonliving surroundings.
what is a ecosystem ?
One organism feeds on the fluids of another organism to that organisms detriment.
what is parasitism ?
Includes all of the area in which life is found on Earth.
What is the biosphere?
An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism.
what is a prey ?
These organisms are typically at the top of the food chain. They are called ____________ consumers.
What is tertiary?
A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.
what is commensalism?
A relationship that only helps one organism.
ex. barnacle on whale
what is commensalism ?
One individual species.
what is a organism ?
A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms.
what is a scavenger ?
This is a way to show how energy in a food web is allocated. Usually there is a large base and a pointed top.
what is a energy pyramid ?
An organism that breaks down waste and dead organisms.
what is a decomposer ?
Two members of the same species fight over how gets a certain food. Members of different species try to take over a certain nesting area. These are both examples of ____.
what is competition ?
Two or populations of species.
what is a community ?
An interaction in which one organism kills another for food.
what is predation ?
An organism that eats only plants.
what is herbivore ?
A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy.
what is a food chain ?
The study of interactions between
living things and their environment
is ______________.
what is ecology ?
Includes all of the living and non-living things in an area.
what is a ecosystem ?
A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce.
what is a species ?