Mystery
Animals that eat both plants and animals.
omnivores
A relationship where two organism of different species benefit each other
Mutualism
Animals that are hunted, killed, and eaten in order to meet energy needs of predators
prey
Another name for a producer
DAILY DOUBLE
Autotroph
Bacteria is an example of an abiotic factor.
TRUE OR FALSE?
FALSE
DAILY DOUBLE:
Create a food chain containing 4 living things in the correct order
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A relationship between 2 organisms of different species where one benefits and the other is unharmed.
Commensalism
The sum of all ecosystems on earth
Biosphere
True or False:
Consumers are organisms that can produce their own food.
false
Directly affect the survival of biotic factors
abiotic factors
All the living and non-living organisms interacting in a given area
ecosystem
Mistletoe grows on shrubs and steals the water and nutrients from the shrub, causing damage to the shrub. What type symbiotic relationship is this?
Parasitism
an organism that breaks down dead plant and animal material to return it to the soil
Decomposer
As the population of predators increase, the population of the prey _____________.
decreases
What is the difference between abiotic and biotic factors?
Biotic is living or once living organisms. Abiotic is something that has never been alive.
An organism's role or job in the ecosystem
niche
Give an example of mutualism
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!
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an organism that a parasite lives in or on
host
Give an example of a community
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Sunlight and Temperature is an example of a biotic or abiotic factor?
Abiotic
In our career critters activity, which critter solved the mosquito egg problem at the golf course?
Gambusia fish
A mite attaching to a wasp in order to gain a faster mode of transportation. The wasp is unharmed. What symbiotic relationship is this?
Commensalism
Smallest level of organization in an ecosystem
organism
Give an example of a scavenger
vulture, hyenas, cockroaches, opossums
Give 3 examples of abiotic factors
air, rock, water, weather