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What is a food web?
Multiple linked food chains in an ecosystem
What is commensalism?
One species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
What is the name of a consumer that gets its energy directly from producers?
Primary consumer
What is an ecosystem?
Any place on Earth where living and nonliving things interact
Provide an example of an abiotic factor...
Rocks
Why do human needs often conflict with the needs of wildlife?
Humans visit or modify habitats that animals depend on
What is a keystone species?
A species that plays a major role in a food web
A behavioural adaptation is...
Something an organism does to survive
Provide an example of a producer
Phytoplankton, plants
What are the five basic needs of all living things?
Water, food & nutrients, energy, oxygen, suitable living conditions
A population refers to...
Multiple of the same species living together
Which process moves water into the atmosphere?
Evaporation
In a food chain, arrows show...
Direction of energy flow
If producers disappeared...
All other life eventually dies out
Symbiosis between two species occurs when...
Two species live closely in a long-term relationship
What can reduce your ecological footprint?
Reduce, reuse, recycle
Parasitism is defined as...
One species is harmed, while the other benefits
A community is defined as...
Different populations in one area
A physical adaptation is when...
an animal has a physical trait that helps its survival
A food chain is defined as...
A model showing energy transfer
Which organism creates its own food?
Producer
A biotic factor is defined as...
A living part of an ecosystem
The role of producers is to...
Produce food via photosynthesis
Our ecological footprint is defined as...
The land and water needed for consumable resources and the waste produced in the process
Primary consumers are defined as...
Animals that eat producers