Food Chains/Food Webs
In a food chain, which type of organism is always at the bottom?
Producer
What is mutualism?
a relationship where both organisms benefit
What level of classification is the most broad?
Domain
What is the science of describing, classifying, and naming organisms
Taxonomy
shows energy flow in a single line
food chain
What is commensalism?
a relationship where one organism benefits, the other one is unaffected. An example is barnacles on a whale.
What level of classification is most specific?
species
How many parts does a scientific name have? What are the parts of a scientific name?
Two Parts
shows multiple, interconnected food chains
food web
What is parasitism?
one organism is benefited, while the other is harmed. An example would be a tapeworm in a dog.
What are the 3 Domains?
Bacteria, Archea, and Eukarya
Which is more specific? Genus or Species?
Species
What is a producer, a consumer, and a decomposer?
Producer- Make their own food Consumer- an organism that eats other organisms for energy Decomposer - organism that gets its energy from breaking down remains of dead organisms
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What are the five kingdoms?
Bacteria, Protisit, Animal, Plant, and Fungi
Which part of the scientific name is capitalized? Which part is lower case?
Genus is capitalized
Species is lower case
What happens if we take one organism out of a food web?
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Give an example of a parasitic relationship in nature
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What are the different levels of in the Linnaean system of classification? Put them in order from largest to smallest.
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
Canis lupus
What is the genus and species of the animal above?
genus- canis
species- lupus