Vocabulary
This is an organism that feeds off of a newly killed/dead animal. Example: eagle or vulture.
What is a scavenger
This term describes the science of classifying organisms.
What is Taxonomy.
This is a single living thing
What is an organism
What term is described as a long term relationship between 2 different species
symbiosis
An antelope being eaten by a lion is an example of this type of ecological relationship
predation or predator/prey
This is an organism that is usually very small that breaks down the last remnants of a dead organism. Ex: worm, bacteria or fungi
What is a decomposer
A human would be classified in which kingdom?
Kingdom animalia
A community includes only___________ factors of the environment.
biotic
This is a relationship between 2 species where both benefit
what is mutualism.
The largest and bottom level of an energy pyramid is filled by:
producers
When looking at an energy pyramid each section is called this. Each level gets larger as you go down the pyramid.
What is a trophic level.
Yeast is an example organism from this kingdom.
Fungi.
A population includes only one __________ of organisms.
what is species.
An example of this symbiotic relationship is a heartworm living inside of a dog.
What is parasitism
this is the cause of the ecological issues that occured in Mozambique (in Africa), where there was a huge decline in species populations.
WAR
This is something that harms the air, land or water of our planet. Humans are responsible for this. Plastic is one of the items that causes this problem.
What is pollution
E. Coli would be classified into this kingdom.
Eubacteria
All of earth is included in this level of organization.
What is biosphere
A barnacle living on a whale to catch a ride to nutrient rich water is an example of:
commensalism
What is a water pollution
This is when humans cut down trees of a forest for the benefit of humans. This causes animals to lose their homes and reduces the amount of oxygen being released into the air.
What is deforestation.
Kingdoms animalia, fungi, protista and plantae all belong in this Domain
Domain Eukarya
the level of ____________ includes living and non living things in a specified area.
what is ecosystem
A bird picking ticks off the back of a deer is an example of
mutualism
The 2 men credited with starting classification are:
Aristotle and Linneaus