Consumers
Food Chain & Food Web
Energy Pyramid
Gen. Ecology
Symbiotic Relationships
100
______________ are organisms that only eat plants
What is Herbivores
100

_____________is a simple way of showing how energy passes from one organism to another.

Food chain
100

shows the amount of energy available at each feeding level in an ecosystem.


Energy Pyramid
100
__________is an organism that breaks down dead matter.
Decomposer
100

does the host or the parasite benefit in parasitism? Who gets the plus?

parasite

200
_____________ is an organism That eats both autotrophs and heterotrophs
What is an Omnivore
200

____________is model that shows all the possible feeding relationships among the organisms in a community.

Food web
200

The energy levels in a food chain or food web.



trophic levels

200
What is the difference between abiotic and biotic factors?
Abiotic - nonliving


biotic - living

200

What are the 3 main types of symbiotic relationships called?

Mutualism

Commensalism 

Parasitism 

300

Lions, hawks, and snakes are all _________

Carnivores / top consumers

300
Food chains and food webs show the _________________________
Transfer of energy
300
As you go up the pyramid the___________
amount of energy transferred decreases
300
In which level of ecological organization would you find "lions hunting zebras for dinner"
Community
300

the type of relationship where mistletoe sucks nutrients from a tree.

parasitism 

400

Consumers need to get their energy from ______. 

another organism / source

400
A food web can have many ___________, unlike a food chain
producers
400
What happens to the energy as we go up in the pyramid?
It gets used up by the organism (biological processes, every day activities)
400
An energy pyramid is made up of.....
Consumers and producers
400

What do all symbiotic relationships have in common? 

At least 1 organism benefits in the relationship 

500
Identify the difference between autotrophs and heterotrophs
autotrophs - make their own food


heterotrophs - consumers that need to find their food

500

Process by which an individual takes in and uses food.

Nutrition
500
What percent of energy does each organism receive as you go up the pyramid
10%
500
Identify the factors that play a part in predation
Prey & Predator
500

A Nile crocodile has leeches in his mouth harming him. A hungry Egyptian plover comes and eats the leeches. This is an example of this kind of symbiotic relationship

mutualism

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