What is a long term relationship between 2 or more organisms?
100
This is when one animal benefits and one does not. The animal that does not benefit is also not harmed.
What is Commensalism.
100
Barnacles living on a whale are an example of....
What is Commensalism.
100
Define consumer.
What is an organism that must hunt or gather to find the food that it needs to survive.
100
All energy on Earth comes from _________________?
What is the SUN!
200
List the 3 main types of symbiosis.
What are Mutualism, Commensalism, and Parasitism.
200
This is a symbiotic relationship where both animals benefit.
What is Mutualism.
200
Humans breathing out carbon dioxide and plants creating oxygen for humans to use is an example of ____________?
What is Mutualism.
200
Define decomposer.
What is an organism that breaks down dead matter and returns the nutrients to the soil.
200
Give an example of a producer.
What is any type of plant (grass, trees, flowers, ALGAE!)
300
Why is symbiosis important?
What is all organisms are interdependent on each other for survival.
300
This is a symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed.
What is parasitism.
300
A green alga and fungus are dependent on each other. The fungus gains nutrients synthesized from the alga, and the alga receives water and nutrient salts from the fungus.
What is Mutualism.
300
Explain the difference between a predator and prey.
What is a predator is an organism that lives by capturing prey as a means of maintaining life (the hunter). A prey is an animal that is captured for food.
300
What does a food chain show?
What is ENERGY BEING TRANSFERRED FROM ONE ORGANISM TO ANOTHER.
400
The process of pollination between a bee and a flower is an example of what type of symbiotic relationship?
What is Mutualism.
400
Give an example of Parasitism.
What is....
400
As bison walk through grass, insects become active and are seen and eaten by cowbirds.
This neither harms nor benefits the bison.
What is Commensalism.
400
This is the process of a green plant making it's own food.
What is photosynthesis?
400
Give 2 examples of DECOMPOSERS.
What is MUSHROOM, BACTERIA, EARTHWORMS, FUNGUS.
500
Can a species survive without interaction of another species? Give an example why or why not.
What is No, all species of plants and animals need each other to survive.
500
Give an example of Mutualism.
What is...
500
The tick burrows into the dog's skin to suck its blood.
What is Parasitism.
500
Identify and explain the difference between the 3 different types of consumers.
What is Herbivore (plant eater), Carnivore (Animal/Meat eater), and Omnivore (Eats both plants and animals)?
500
Explain why DECOMPOSERS are important to an ecosystem.
Decomposers are important because they take recycle the nutrients from the dead animal and take it back down into the soil so that the soil is rich for the plants to grow.