Symbiotic Relationships
The relationship between two different species.
Symbiosis
An organism that eats only meat.
Carnivore
Organisms that get energy by breaking down dead organisms are called _____________________.
Decomposer
The behaviors and characteristics an organism gains to live successfully in their environment
Adaptations
Weather, temperature, humidity, sunlight, water levels, soil.
Abiotic Factors
Name the three types of symbiotic relationships
mutualism, commensalism, parasitism
Organisms that use sunlight directly to make food are called _________________. They do this by using a process called ______________________.
Producers, photosynthesis
How do worms help the soil?
Enrich the soil, create pockets of air and water to flow
An action that an animal does in order to help it survive.
A living organism in an ecosystem.
Biotic factors
The ox bird hangs on the antelope and eats the bugs in its ears, ridding the antelope of parasites. Which symbiotic relationship is shown by the antelope and ox bird?
Mutualism
Organism that eats the secondary consumer.
Tertiary consumer
Explain the importance of decomposers in an ecosystem.
What is decomposers are nature's recyclers.
An adaptation that is found on an animal's body or can be seen in its appearance.
Physical/structural adaptation
Organism that eats the primary consumer.
Dogs host fleas which suck their blood and make them itch. The fleas get food and a home. What symbiotic relationship is shown between the dog and the flea?
Parasitism
Why are producers located at the bottom of an energy pyramid?
Producers get their energy from the sunlight for it own life processes // There are more producers than any other population
Form a food chain: fungi, snake, grass, eagle, mouse,
grass, mouse, snake, eagle, fungi
Penguins huddling to keep warm during a snow storm.
Behavioral adaption
The role an organism plays in an ecosystem.
Niche
Give a specific example of EACH type of symbiotic relationship in nature.
see student answers.
Why do we need predators in our ecosystem?
To control the prey population
Describe how producers, consumers, and decomposers are linked in a food chain.
Consumers feed on producers and other consumers. Decomposers feed on producers and other consumers after they are dead.
Pick an animal or plant - what are THREE ways they have adapted to live in their environment?
See student examples
This type of food system has multiple ways to show where energy flow can go from one organism to another.
Food web