Biomes
It's Alive
Who Eats Whom?
Food Webs
Symbiotic Relationships
100
Animals found in the biome would include trout, salmon, and plankton.
What is the aquatic (or marine) biome?
100
Sunlight, rocks, and the atmosphere.
What are 3 examples of biotic factors?
100
The organism that is hunted
What is prey?
100
The population of those below them in the food web would increase.
What happens when all of the organisms in a food web are killed off?
100
The type of symbiotic relationship in which one organism is helped and the other is harmed.
What is parasitism?
200
Animals in this biome often have the adaptation of good sight as there is little light at ground level.
What is the forest biome?
200
Anything in an organism's environment that is alive or was once alive
What are biotic factors?
200
The organisms that are able to produce their own food.
What are producers?
200
The sun
Where does the energy come from that begins almost every food chain and food web?
200
The type of symbiotic relationship in which both organisms are helped.
What is mutualism?
300
Lions, zebras, and gazelles are often found in this biome.
What is the grasslands?
300
humans, decaying leaves, and living plants
What are examples of biotic factors
300
The organism that does the hunting and stalking of another.
What is a predator?
300
Food webs are more detailed and more accurate than food chains.
What is the difference between food webs and food chains?
300
The type of symbiotic relationship in which one organism is helped and the other is unaffected.
What is commensalism?
400
Animals in this biome have to adapt for the small amount of water found here.
What is the desert biome?
400
The large group of organisms that must rely on others for their source of energy.
What are consumers?
400
Humans, Lions, Polar Bears
What are some examples of organisms that would be found at the top of a food web?
400
An example would be a flea on a dog.
What is parasitism?
500
Animals in this biome are typically carniverous as the extreme temperatures here make it difficult for plants to grow.
What is the tundra?
500
This term comes from the Latin word meaning "alive"
What are biotic factors?
500
Grasses, plants, and plankton
What are some examples of producers?
500
Mushrooms, fungi, and decaying leaves
What are some examples of decomposers?
500
An example would be small fish hiding in the tentacle of a jellyfish.
What is commensalism?
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