Levels of Classification
What is an organism?
A whole individual unicellular or multicellular form that is living or was living.
What is a predator-prey relationship?
One animal species (the predator) kills another animals species (the prey) for food.
What organism always starts a food chain?
A producer.
What is a producer.
How many planets are in our solar system?
8
What is a biome?
An area of the planet containing many ecosystems, classified by the plants and animals that live in it.
What is competition?
The struggle among organisms for resources such as food, shelter, water and mates.
Which direction do the arrows point in a food chain/food web?
From the organism being eaten to the organisms doing the eating.
What is a herbivore?
An animal that only eats plants.
Name all of Australia's states and territories.
QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC TAS, SA, WA, NT
What is a population?
A group of organisms of one species living in the same place at the same time and which interbreed.
What is parasitism?
Relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed.
Where do producers get their energy from (name the process)?
The sun through photosynthesis.
What does a primary consumer eat?
Producers.
What year was Finding Nemo released?
2003
What is a community?
Several interacting populations that inhabit a common environment and depend on each other.
What is mutualism?
A relationship where both organisms benefit.
Approximately how much energy is moved between the trophic levels in an ecosystem?
What is an omnivore?
An animal that eats both plants and animals.
How many bones are in a normal adult human body?
206
What is an ecosystem?
Populations in a community and the abiotic factors with which they interact.
What is commensalism?
A relationship where one organism benefits and the other is not affected.
What does photosynthesis need to work (the reactants) and what does it produce (the products)?
Photosynthesis needs CO2, H2O and sunlight and produces glucose, O2 and H2O.
Plankton --> Fish --> Seal --> Polar Bear
Seal
What breed of dog is Scooby-Doo?
Great Dane.