Vocabulary
What do you call a group of all organisms and their environment?
ecosystem
A hungry wolf hunts and eats rabbits. What kind of relationship is this?
predation or predator/prey
What do you call a large group of the same species?
population
What is an animal that eats meat called?
carnivore
What is the process plants use to produce food called?
photosynthesis
What do you call something removed from existence?
extinct
Lions and hyenas eat the same type of food and will attack each other for the food source. What kind of relationship is this?
competition
How can an invasive species affect an ecosystem?
They grow more rapidly, limiting the food supply for the native species.
or
They take away resources from the native species.
What is an animal that only eats plants called?
herbivore
biotic factors
What do you call an organism that grows or spreads quickly causing harm in an environment it does not belong?
invasive species
Sea anemones provide clownfish protection. In exchange, clownfish attract food for sea anemones with their bright colors. What kind of relationship is this?
mutualism
What do organisms in an ecosystem share?
Food, air, water and shelter.
What is an organism that can make it's own energy called?
producer
The relationship between a carnivore and a herbivore can be stated as?
predator / prey
What do you call a living thing produced, living, or existing naturally in a particular region?
native
Tree frogs use plant leaves for protection. While the tree frogs benefit from this interaction, the plants are unharmed. What kind of relationship is this?
commensalism
What would happen if a predator was removed from an ecosystem? For example if wolves who hunt rabbits were taken somewhere else.
The population of rabbits would increase with one less predator. Or, there would be more rabbits without wolves to hunt them.
What is an organism that breaks down dead plant and animal cells into simpler substances for energy called?
decomposer
What are the non living factors of an ecosystem called?
abiotic factors
What do you call interaction between two different organisms; interdependent relationship?
symbiotic
Fleas burrow in dog fur to feed on their blood, causing itchiness and irritation. What kind of relationship is this?
parasitism
What do you think might happen over time if two species continue to compete in the same ecosystem?
One species will eventually outcompete the other, making the second species extinct or one species will change to survive on different resources (adapt).
Mongooses eat snakes, snakes eat chameleons, and chameleons eat caterpillars, which eat leaves. What is this an example of?
food chain
What would happen if plants disappeared from an ecosystem?
Everything in that ecosystem would run out of food.