Food Chain/Webs
How many paths can a food chain have?
One organism is harmed, the other is helped, what relationship is this?
Parasitism
What would a carnivore that eats dead things be called?
A scavenger
How much percent is lost per level?
10%
What is a consumer?
An organism that eats other organisms.
What is the top predator called?
Apex predator
Both organisms are harmed, what kind of relationship is this?
Competition
What is a herbivore?
A consumer that eats only plants.
What is an energy pyramid?
What is a producer?
An organism that uses photosynthesis to get its food.
In a food chain, what would a hawk be?
An apex predator
One organism is harmed, while the other is neither helped nor harmed, what type of relationship is this?
Amensalism
What is an ominvore?
An organism that eats plants and meat.
What is the first consumer called?
Primary consumer
What would grass be, a producer, consumer, or a decomposer?
Producer
How many paths can a food web have?
Many
Both are helped, what relationship is this?
Mutualism
What is a carnivore?
An organism that eats only meat.
What is the final consumer called?
Tertiary Consumer
A cow is a herbivore, but a lion is a carnivore? Why would both of these be classified as a consumer?
Because they both eat other organisms.
What do the arrows in the chain or web represent?
Where the energy is going.
One organism benefits, but the other is neither helped nor harmed, what kind of relationship is this?
Commensalism
A cow eats grass, but so does a hog. However, the hog also eats trash and dead animals. What would the hog be?
Omnivore
What is the second consumer called?
Secondary consumer
What is a decomposer?
A decomposer is and organism that breaks down dead organic matter.