Vocab
What are organisms that break down dead organisms?
What are decomposers?
Any organism that eats is called this?
What are Consumers?
This is the relationship between a crocodile and the Egyptian plover that cleans its teeth.
*Both benefit
What is mutualism?
An invasive species is dangerous because it has none of these
What are predators?
What are organisms that eat both plants and animals?
What is an omnivore?
The flow of energy is indicated by these and which way do they go?
What are Arrows? They point to show the flow of energy.
A mosquito stinging a human is an example of this type of relationship
What is parasitism?
What are organisms that are from a specific location and they are part of the natural food web?
What is are native species?
What are organisms that eat only meat?
What are carnivores?
This is where all energy in food webs come from.
What is the Sun?
The barnacle lives on and gets its nutrient from the whale that does not benefit or get harmed in this type of relationship
What is commensalism?
When an invasive species is brought to an area it has no natural predators. What can that do to the organisms in ecosystem?
What it can cause organisms to decrease or loose their food source?
Plants are this type of organism.
What are producers?
Look at the food chain, what does the rabbit eat?
Sun->Grass->Rabbit->Owl
What is grass?
This is the term for an organism that benefits off the harm is does to another.
What is a parasite?
Create a food web with the following organism:
Sun, raccoon, mouse, grass, rabbit, seeds, coyote
I will need to check!
Where do plants get their energy?
What is this process called?
*You need both*
What is the sun and photosynthesis.
This is what a species may become when they lose their food source(s) and/or their habitat.
What is Endangered/Extinct?
Why is a deer and a tick a parasitic relationship?
The deer is harmed and the tick is helped.
Fill in the blanks
The coyote hunts the rabbit. The coyote is the _________ and the rabbit is the ___________.
What is predator, prey?