Ecosystem Interactions
A snake quietly follows a frog along a river as prey.
predation
Consumers are _________.
animals
A producer is a _______.
This natural resource is used for air conditioning.
There are _____ types of plate boundaries.
four
Two lions fight over a zebra as prey.
competition
A consumer gets energy from eating plants and _____.
animals
A producer captures this to create their own energy.
sunlight
True or False: Gas and oil are equally distributed across the Earth.
false
This type of boundary forms mountains.
convergent
A bee get nectar from a flower and spreads the pollen to another flower so it can reproduce.
mutualism
Consumers release this into the air.
carbon dioxide
Producers release this into the air.
oxygen
Oil and gas need pressure and ____ to form.
heat
This type of boundary forms an oceanic ridge.
divergent
A mosquito bites the bare skin of a sparrow in a grassland, causing the sparrow to become sick.
parasitism
A consumer that only eats plants is called this.
herbivore
Plants need sunlight, air, and _____ to grow.
water
This causes gas and oil to move across the earth.
tectonic plate movement / continental drift
This type of boundary happens when one plate goes underneath another.
subductive
Orchid flowers grow on tree branches to catch extra sunlight and rain. The tree experiences no harm or benefit.
commensalism
A consumer that eat plants and animals is called this.
If a plant does not receive enough sunlight, this will happen.
die
The organism that falls to the bottom of the ocean floor to make oil and gas.
phytoplankton
This type of boundary happens when two plates slide past each other.
transform