Levels of Ecosystems
Population
Which type of organism makes food from sunlight: producers, consumer, or decomposer?
producer
Which type of relationship involves two species trying to obtain the same resource?
competition
which term means "living things"?
biotic
What type of biome is hot, dry, and sandy?
desert
Which level of ecosystems is made up of all of the populations in an area?
community
Which type of organism would fungi be classified as: producer, comsumer, or decomposer?
decomposer
If two species in a relationship both benefit, it is called ______.
mutualism
which term means non living things?
abiotic
what type of biome is home to the world's greatest biodiversity?
tropical rainforest
Which level is being described: "owls, rabbits, sunlight, water, trees, and foxes"
Ecosystems
Which way does an arrow in the food chain point: to the eater OR to the organism being eaten?
the eater
A tick will take blood from its host as food. What type of relationship is this?
Parasitism
which term means "the act of one animal hunting, killing, and consuming another"?
Predation
what does the word "fauna" mean?
types of animals
What level is larger than the ecosystem level?
Biome
From where does all energy in ecosystems originate?
the sun
a dungus grows on a tree but the tree is not harmed and does not benefit. What type of relationship is this?
Commensalism
which term means "the variety of living things in an ecosystem which can be used to judge its health"?
biodiversity
what does the word "flora" mean?
types of plants