It's Symbiotic
This is the type of relationship that exists between a mistletoe and a pine tree. The mistletoe steals nutrients from the tree and lives on it.
What is Parasitism?
This is the area of the ocean where photosynthesis can occur.
What is the photic zone?
This term describes any relationship between two organisms of an ecosystem
What is Symbiosis?
This is the term that describes day-to-day conditions of an ecosystem which are subject to change
What is the Weather?
This term describes all of the land, soil and rocks on planet earth.
What is the Lithosphere or the Geosphere?
This is the type of relationship that exists between an Oxpecker and a Zebra. The Oxpecker sits on the Zebra's back and eats parasitic insects that are feeding on the Zebra.
What is Mutualism?
These are the primary producers of most Marine ecosystems.
What are phytoplankton? or algae?
This is the type of relationship that a student should have with their teacher. The teacher educates the student, while the student provides feedback and helps the teacher improve.
What is Mutualism?
Tundras contain plots of soil that have a temperature below 32F for more than 2 years. Also known as this
What is Permafrost?
This term describes a variety of communities and the abiotic resources that they utilize.
What is an Ecosystem?
A Peregrine Falcon dives at over 240mph to ambush a squirrel. The Falcon then consumes the squirrel. This is an example of what relationship?
What is Predation?
This is the area of the ocean where the open ocean begins and the Aphotic zone becomes more noticeable.
What is the Open Ocean?
A lichen is a symbiotic decomposer that attaches itself to trees and slowly breaks them down.
What is Parasitism?
This is a biome where there is sparse vegetation and very little perpetration. Temperatures exist in extremes and there are no seasonal changes
This is the term that describes a predator that preys upon stationary organisms
What is a Grazer?
A mite hitches a ride on a locus. The locus does not notice as it flies and transports the mite to a new location. This is an example of what relationship?
What is commensalism?
This is the area of the ocean that is closest to the shore. It is often referred to as the coastal Ocean.
What is the Nertic Zone?
Cattle egrets forage (feed) in fields among cattle. The egret gets easy access to flying insects stirred up by the cattle, and the cattle don't care if they are there or not.
What is Commensalism?
This is the largest land biome on Earth
What is a Tiaga?
Daily Double: This is dark organic matter that forms when plant and animal material decay.
What is Humus?
Daily Double: A Lioness has hunted a gazelle in the savanna. Two hyenas are attempting to take the remains. This is an example of what type of ecological relationship?
What is Competition?
This is a wetland that contains a mixture of fresh water and currents and tides of salt water is called
What is an Estuary?
Zooplankton are the primary consumer of phytoplankton
What is Predation?
This biome is a forest that has four seasons and varying temperature. As a result, the organisms within have to be able to adapt to a variety of atmospheric changes
What is a temperate forest?
This is a diagram that shows the linear transfer of energy from one organism to another. It begins with producers and ends with an apex predator
What is a Food Chain?