Species Interactions - Definition
Species Interactions - Example
Food Web
Energy Flow
Random
100

When two organisms fight over the same resource (-/-)

Competition

100

The bee helps the flower spread pollen. The follower gives nectar the the bee. What type of interaction?  

Mutualism

100

What trophic level makes their own food?

Producers (Plants)

100

How percent of energy gets passed from one trophic level to the next? 

10%

100

What do the arrows in a food chain represent? 

Energy

200

When one organism eats another (+/-)

predation

200

The bird eats the insects off the cow's back. The cow does not care. What type of interaction? 

Commensalism
200
What organism type eats other organisms? 

Consumers

200

In this ecosystem, the grass has 100,000 kCal of energy. How much will the grasshopper have? 


10,000 kCal

200

In this food web, what 3 things does the hawk eat?

Snake, mouse, fox

300

A type of symbiosis where both organisms benefit (+/+)

mutualism

300

A tick sucks the blood from a deer. What type of relationship? 

Parasitism

300

What trophic level eats producers?

Primary Consumers

300

In this ecosystem, the grass has 100,000 kCal of energy. How much will the Frog have? 

1,000kCal

300

What is an invasive species?

They are non-native and harm the exosystem

400

Type of symbiosis where one benefits the other is not affected (+/0)

Commensalism

400

A lion hunts and eats a zebra. What type of relationship?

Predation

400

What trophic level eats primary consumers?

Secondary Consumers

400

In this ecosystem, the grass has 100,000 kCal of energy. How much will the snake have? 

100 kCal

400

How do invasive species harm the ecosystem?

They take resources away from native species.

500
Type of symbiosis where one organism benefits, the other is harmed (+/-)

Parasitism

500

A flower takes sunlight away from the grass. What type of relationship is it? 

Competition

500

What trophic level eats secondary consumers?

Tertiary Consumers

500

In this ecosystem, the grass has 100,000 kCal of energy. How much will the Eagle have? 

10 kCal

500

In this ecosystem, the eagle has 50 kCal of energy. How much did the frog have? 

5,000 kCal

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