Food Webs
Almost all of the energy in a food web comes from:
The Sun (would also count "Producers")
True or False: The food web shows how energy flows through an ecosystem through feeding relationships
True
When an organism eats another organism it is called:
Predation
A wolf eating an elk is an example of:
Predation
An organism that eats both plants and animals is called:
An Omnivore
When an organism eats another organism, it is to obtain this:
Energy
A symbiotic relationship where two organisms help each other is called:
Mutualism
Two trees trying to grow above each other to reach the sunlight is an example of:
Competition
When an organism eats another organism for energy it is called
A Consumer
When a change in the top predator has a cascading affect where it changes the entire food web below it, it is called:
A Trophic Cascade
When two organisms are both trying to obtain the same food, water, territory, or other resource it is called:
Competition
A flea living on a cat and causing an infection is an example of:
Parasitism
When an organism makes its own food, usually through energy from the sun, it is called:
A Producer
Organisms that eat primary consumers are called:
Secondary Consumers
A symbiotic relationship where one organism lives in or on another organism and harms it is called:
Parasitism
Some bacteria inside our digestive system helps us digest food. The bacteria gets an environment to live in and we have an improved digestive system. This is an example of:
Mutualism
An organism that breaks down other organisms and returns their nutrients to the soil are called:
Decomposers
These are the levels of the food chain
Trophic Levels
A symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other isn't affected is called:
Commensalism
The remora fish hitch rides on sharks. The sharks are not affected. This is an example of:
Commensalism