Layers of Organization
Food WEB/CHAIN
PEST CONTROL
Predator versus Prey
SYMBIOSIS
100
A Nonliving factor in an environment
What is an ABIOTIC FACTOR?
100
Organism that eats a producer
What is a Primary Consumer?
100
SUNLIGHT, WATER, and FOOD are examples of this
What is a Limiting Factor?
100
Clustering in large groups is an example of this.
(EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER)
What is Predator/Prey Behavior?
100
Causes HARM to one organism over TIME
What is PARASITISM?
200
Many of the same organism living together in an environment
What is a population?
200
Source of ALL energy
What is the SUN?
200
Fighting within population for available resources.
What is Competition?
200
Reason why a PREY would camouflage.
What is AVOIDING PREDATORS?
200
Can cause coevolution
What is MUTUALISM
300
A single individual in an environment
What is an Organism?
300
Usually make up the FINAL chain on the food web
What is a DECOMPOSER?
300
The greatest number of individuals an environment can sustain.
What is a Carrying Capacity?
300
Reason why PREDATOR would camouflage.
What is TO CATCH PREY?
300
What is Commensalism?
400
Also known as the "EARTH"
What is the BIOSPHERE?
400
Like a food chain, but has multiple links connecting to multiple organisms
What is a FOOD WEB?
400
Example of a LIMITING Factor in a DESERT.
What is:
-Vegetation
-Scarce food
-Water
-Cool shelter
400
Poison dart frogs, salamanders, birds, and other brightly colored organisms have this.
What is POISONOUS SURFACE?
400
Both organisms benefit from this interaction
WHAT IS MUTUALISM?
500
What is a Community?
500
Reason why there are less and less organisms traveling UP the food pyramid
What is ENERGY LOSS?
500
Example of LIMITING Factor in DEEP OCEAN.
What is:
-mate
-scarce food
-LIGHT
-Oxygen
500
Reason you would want to stand out from environment with skin/feather pattern
What is DETERRENT WARNING?
500
Interactions between organisms over time
What are SYMBIOSIS?