Components
Complete the formula: Biotope + Biocenosis=
Ecosystem
This is a linear representation of "Who eats whom"
The Food Chain
This is the level that produces or makes its own food using sunlight.
Producers
This is a relationship where both organisms benefit each other.
Mutualism
Rocks, air, and sunlight are examples of what?
Biotope or Abiotic Factors
Following this food chain, what is the level of the butterfly?
Plants - Butterfly - Frog - Snake
Main Consumer or Primary Consumer or First Consumer
This shows us a more realistic representation of how animals eat. This shows us that animals eat many things.
Food Web
Parasitism
These are organisms that turn dead matter into nutrients.
Decomposers
Based on the same food chain, which animal is the secondary consumer?
Plants - Butterfly - Frog - Snake
Frog
This shows us the total biomass at each level.
Trophic Pyramid
A type of relationship between a lion hunting a zebra.
Predation
This refers to all the populations living in the same biotope or in the environment?
Biocenosis
Snakes are an example of what?
Apex Predators or Tertiary Consumers
This is the original source of all energy in a food
The Sun
A type of relationship between a hyena and a lion fighting over the same dead zebra.
Competition
What is the difference between a population and a community?
A population refers to only ONE species while a community refers to MANY species.
Primary Consumers usually belong to a type of animal category that eats plants?
Herbivores
What happens to the web if the producers are removed?
It collapses or it dies.
What type of relationship does a remora fish and a shark have?
The remora fish attaches itself to the shark and it eats the leftovers from the shark and get free transportation.
Commensalism