Ecosystem Organization
Organisms that make their own food are called...
producers
A biome that gets very little rain and is usually hot during the day and cold at night
An organism has (1) good night vision, (2) very sensitive hearing, (3) sharp talons, and (4) hooked beaks.
What type of organism is being described above?
a. mutualist b. parasite
c. predator d. producer
c. predator
Provide an example of a predator-prey relationship.
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An example of a biotic factor is...
a. Water b. Temperature
c. Fungi d. Sun
c. Fungi
A biome that is very cold and very dry. The ground is frozen in a permafrost year-round.
Tundra
A relationship between 2 organisms in which both benefit from the interaction.
An organism that eats both plants and animals is called a(n)...
The first color McPeek dyed their hair
Bleach and dark blue
Organisms that eat other organisms for food are called...
A biome with large trees, lush vegetation, and a wide variety of animals living in a tropical region.
Rainforest
The Remora fish painlessly attaches itself to a shark and detaches to eat the remains after a shark feeds. The shark is not benefited or harmed in this interaction.
What type of interaction is this an example of?
Commensalism
Use the items below to draw a food chain:
hawk, rabbit, grass, fox
grass --> rabbit --> fox --> hawk
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Dark purple
Put the following levels of organization in order from smallest to largest:
ecosystem, population, community, organism
organism --> population --> community --> ecosystem
Flat, grassy biomes that get little rain and have a few scattered shrubs and trees.
Grassland/Savanna
What is the difference between mutualism and commensalism?
Commensalism - one organism benefits, the other is not affected at all
At each level within a food web, some energy is stored by organisms. What happens to most of the remaining energy?
It is lost as heat to the environment.
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Green
An environment that provides the things a specific organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce is called a...
a. Habitat b. Community
c. Food web d. Biome
a. Habitat
A biome that is characterized by trees that lose their leaves in the winter.
Deciduous Forest
How does parasitism differ from other symbiotic relationships?
Why does a food web more completely represent the flow of energy through an ecosystem than a food chain does?
There are more relationships between organisms than can be shown in a single food chain.
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Dippy eggs