Symbiosis
Both organisms benefit is which type of symbiosis?
Mutualism
An organism that makes its own food.
producer
Eats only other animals (meat).
carnivores
All food chains and webs start with one of two things.
sun or plants
Which is an example of a producer - plants, rabbits, or hawks.
plants
One organism benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped.
Commensalism
Eats only plants.
herbivores
Is captured and killed by other animals.
prey
The arrows in a food chain and web point to what.
grass--->mouse--->owl
The organism that gets the energy.
Give an example of a herbivore.
an animal that would eat plants - deer, rabbits, etc.
Yucca flowers are pollinated by yucca moths. The moths lay their eggs in the flowers and the larvae eat some of the seeds, so they both benefit. Which type of symbiosis is this?
Mutualism
What captures and kills its food.
predator
Eats both plants and animals.
omnivores
How are food chains and food webs different.
Food chain - one thing after one thing
Food web - several food chains put together
If a snake eats frogs and shrews, how would it be affected if all of the frogs died.
It would have less food, so the population would decrease.
Tapeworms live in the human intestine and take nutrients from the human, making them sick. Which type of symbiosis is this?
Parasitism
What has to eat food to get energy.
consumer
What eats dead animals, but doesn't kill them itself.
scavenger
Which is correct?
sunflower-->mouse-->snake-->eagle
or
eagle-->snake-->mouse-->sunflower
sunflower-->mouse-->snake-->eagle
Which organism is a decomposer - plants, birds, or bacteria.
bacteria
Barnacles attach themselves to whales in order to get more food. The whale is not helped or hurt. Which type of symbiosis is this?
commensalism
If bears eat honey, berries, and fish, what are they?
omnivores
What provides nutrients by breaking down the remains of dead plants and animals.
decomposers
If an animal doesn't eat plants, how could we say that they get energy from a plant.
They may have eaten something that ate a plant.
If a pet shop worker told you that the pet you are buying is a herbivore. What will it eat.
plants or plant products