Food Chains Words to Know
What is a producer
organism that makes its own food
Organisms that only eat animals
carnivores
Always starts with a producer
Food chain
Creation or replacement of communities over time
Succession
At least one organism benefits in all types of _____
Symbiosis
What is a consumer
organism that has to eat to get energy
Organisms that eat plants and animals
omnivore
Multiple food chains from the same ecosystem
Food Webs
Creation of ecosystem where one did NOT exist before
Primary Succesion
Commensalism
one organism benefits and the other isn't harmed or helped.
What is a scavenger
organism that consumes dead plants/animals
Organisms that eat only plants
Herbivores
Rule of 10
Only 10% of the energy goes higher
replacement of an ecosystem where one had previously been but all biotic factors were completely destroyed
Secondary Succession
Mutualism
Both organisms benefit
What is a primary producer
eats primary producers
Decomposer
If the energy is 100% at primary producer (the bottom of the pyramid) what would be the level of energy of primary consumers (the one right above primary producer)?
Remember only 10% of the energy moves on so do 100x0.10 to see what moves on
10%
If an ecosystem begins on a rock, what type of succession is it?
Primary Succession
Parasitism
one organism benefits and the other one is harmed
What is a secondary consumer
eats primary consumers
What type of consumers are humans considered
Omnivores or Carnivores
Primary producer (the bottom of the pyramid) is 100%, what is Secondary Consumers (two levels above it)?
Take the amount of energy on primary consumer level and multiply it by 0.10.
1%
If an ecosystem starts where a forest had been burned down and destroyed, what type of succession is it?
Secondary Succession
What type of symbiosis is the relationship between a rhino and the bird that eats bugs on its back?
Mutualism