Symbiosis
What is Symbiosis?
Relationships between organisms that live in the same area.
Which type of organism must every food chain start with?
Producer
What is a producer?
Producers are living things that create their own food.
An organism that gets eaten by another organism.
Prey
How many legs do insects and arachnids have?
Insects - 6, arachnids - 8
What is a mutualistic relationship?
When both organisms benefit from the relationship.
The name for an organism that gets energy from breaking down dead organisms, nonliving material, or waste.
Decomposer
An organism at the top of the food chain that is not eaten by other animals is called _____.
Apex predator
A bear eats fish, berries, and small mammals. What type of consumer is the bear based on what it eats?
omnivore
What are the pincer-like structures on a scorpion called?
pedipalps
Give an example of a mutualistic relationship.
bees/flowers, clownfish/anemone
What do scavengers eat?
Dead/decaying organisms
Give an example of a primary consumer.
Any organism that eats producers.
An organism hunts and eats another organism. This relationship is called ______.
Predation
The term used to describe the maximum number of organisms that a resource in an area can support.
carrying capacity
A spider uses a tree to build its web. The tree is not impacted but the spider needs the tree for shelter and safety. What type of relationship is being described?
Commensalism
What do the arrows represent in a food chain/web?
The arrows show the MOVEMENT OF ENERGY between organisms.
A snake eats a rabbit, and the rabbit eats grass. Which kind of consumer is the snake?
secondary consumer
Name the 2 main body parts a scorpion has.
cephalothorax and abdomen
What are the 3 effects of overpopulation that we talked about in class?
Overcrowding, illness, migration
Describe the type of relationship being described and what each organism is called.
Tapeworms live in the small intestines of animals. They eat the animal’s partially digested food, which deprives the animal of some food and nourishment.
Parasitism - the parasite benefits and the host is harmed
What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?
A food chain shows a single path of energy flow. A food web consists of multiple interconnected food chains within an ecosystem, showing the complex web of feeding relationships among various organisms.
Give an example of a tertiary consumer. Describe which organism it could eat.
Various
Name the 3 things a plant takes in during photosynthesis.
Sunlight, water, carbon dioxide
Name the 3 things to look for that we talked about in class to tell if an organism is a carnivore by looking at its skull.
Sagittal crest, pointed teeth, forward facing eyes