Ecology 1
An organism that eats meat
What is a Carnivore
An organism that uses sunlight to create its food
What is a producer
any animal that feeds mainly on plants; plant-eater
What is a herbivore?
An organism that eats plants and animals
What is an Omnivore?
the source of energy for all organisms
What is the sun?
The lowest or smallest level of organization in our environment
What is an organism
Many of the same species that live together
What is a population?
something that eats something else for food
What is a consumer?
Mushrooms, bacteria, worms, fungi are examples of
What are decomposers?
The largest level of organization that includes the planet and the atmosphere
What is biosphere?
An organism that is hunted by a predator
What is prey?
In a food web the mushroom and bacteria are....
What are decomposers?
The study of the environment
What is Ecology?
Air, water, and the Sun are all ......
What is are abiotic factors?
When animals and plants both want or need and fight or _______________ for food, water, territory, and mates in order to survive.
What is an competition?
This type of consumer eats dead plants and animals
What is a scavenger
The study of interactions between organisms and their environment.
What is ecology?
The largest amount of energy is found here in the energy pyramid
What is with the producers?
A diagram that shows the complex feeding relationships between organisms (includes overlapping food chains)
What is a food web?
:) :/ Symbiosis
What is commensalism
A relationship when both benefit each other.
What is mutualism?
A large area of many ecosystems that have similar climates
What is a biome?
On the pyramid what is the organism that eats the producer called
What are primary consumers?
This is a diagram that shows the feeding relationships in an ecosystem
What is a food chain
:) :) What type of symbiosis is this?
What is mutualism
What percent of energy is transferred between each trophic level?
What is 10%
All the populations living in one place ?
What is Community?
When two different species when one is harmed and one benefits
What is Parasitism?
a symbol used to show the direction of the flow of energy in a food web
what are arrows?
An organism that hunts another organism to eat
What is a predator
The relationship between two different species where one species enjoys a benefits, and the other is not affected.
What is commensalism?
What type of factors are animals and plants
What are biotic factors
An organism that does not have any predators
What is apex predator
What is Symbiosis