Symbiosis
What is the difference between a parasite and a predator
Parasite lives on/in the host
Humans in the last 100 years have consumed a lot more resources because of ________________
What are consumers?
Consumers are usually animals that will eat the producers.
What is Ecology?
Ecology is a branch of science that studies the relationship between living organisms and their surroundings.
Give an example of a parasitic relationship.
Ticks, tapeworms, beetle on plants, etc.
What is the name of the biological process where an ecosystem changes and becomes more complex
Succession
These are burned to produce energy --but they also release greenhouse gases
Fossil Fuels
What is a producer?
Producers are living things that create their own food.
Biosphere
All of the areas on Earth where there is life
What is a mutualistic relationship?
When both organisms benefit from the relationship.
List 5 Abiotic Factors that can be found in a temperate forest
Water,sun,air etc
Sea levels rising etc
What is the main source of energy for all ecosystems
The sun
An animal that eats both plants and animals
Omnivore
Barnacles living on the sides of whales is an example of commensalism. True/False
True
The niche which contains the most energy and the most biomass
Producers
What humans do when they use less of a resource
Conserve/Reduce
What do decomposers do?
Decomposers eat dead plants and animals and turn them into chemical nutrients.
Population
All of the organisms of one species in one area
What kind of relationship would clown fish and sea anemone be?
Mutualism
Describe the 2 processes that involve oxygen and state how it's involved (produces or absorbs)
Respiration & Photosynthesis
3 things we could do to help the environment from carbon emissions
More efficient transportation, solar energy, etc.
What is the difference between a primary consumer and a secondary consumer?
The difference is primary consumers are herbivores and secondary consumers are carnivores.
Renewable Resource
Something we consumed that can be replenished or restored