Symbiotic Relationships
A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species is called _________.
What is Symbiosis?
________ is an animal that is hunted and killed by another for food.
What is prey?
This type of communication between organisms uses eyesight to relay messages
What is visual communication?
Producers get their energy from _________.
What is the sun?
A _____ ______ is the order in which matter and energy is transferred from one organism to another.
What is a food chain?
In a meadow in East Tennessee, bees fly from flower to flower, gathering nectar for their queen and pollinating the flowers as the travel. This relationships is best described as _________.
What is Mutualism?
An animal that natural hunts other animals is known as a ________.
What is a predator?
This type of communication uses the ability to hear to relay messages.
What is audible communication?
The first level of the energy pyramid consists of ______.
What is producers?
A ____ _____ consists of many food chains put together, and it normally represents a specific ecosystem.
What is a food web?
Mistletoe extracts water and nutrients from the spruce tree to the tree's detriment. The best word to describe this relationships is __________.
A squid and a cod fish are both fighting for zooplankton to eat. The two animals are participating in _________.
This type of visual communication is a structural trait that cannot be changed. An example of this would be the bright red feathers of a Red Cardinal.
What is a badge?
The top energy level in the energy pyramid normally consists of ________.
What is tertiary consumers/apex predators?
The arrows in the food chain represent ____ ______.
What is energy transfer?
Nurse plants are larger plants that offer protection to seedlings from the weather and herbivores, giving them an opportunity to grow. This relationship can be best described as ___________.
What is Commensalism?
Two male birds are trying to woo the same female and grab her attention. The male birds are ______ with one another.
What is competing?
This type of visual communication is behavioral and changes depending on the situation. An example of this would be a Peacock showing its feathers and strutting around to attract a mate.
What is a display?
The amount of energy that transfers between trophic levels in the energy pyramids is _____.
What is 10%?
A _______ is an animal that gets its energy from other animals.
A ______ is an animal that gets its energy from plants and animals.
What is herbivore, carnivore, and omnivore?
In parasitic relationships, one animal is ______, while the other is benefited.
In commensalism, one animal is _______, while the other is benefited.
In mutualistic relationships, one animal is ______, while the other is benefited.
What is harmed, unaffected, and benefited?
A rabbit munches on some clover, unaware that there is danger nearby. As the rabbit hops to find more tasty grasses, the fox that has been silently watching moves as well. When the rabbit turns it's back, the fox pounces. This relationship can be best described as a _______ & ______ relationship.
What is predator and prey?
What is.... (all possible answers listed below)?
1. Attract mates
2. Warn off predators
3. Mark Territory
4. Find Food
5. Identify themselves
If there is 450 Joules of energy in the secondary consumer level of an energy pyramid, the producers had to start with ____ Joules of energy.
What is 45,000?
The definition of ecosystem is a community of ______ _________ and their __________ components interacting as a system.
What is living organisms and nonliving components?