Animals
What is a predator?
An organism that consumes food by hunting the lesser organism. Example of a predator: Shark, owl, lion.
What does population mean in nature?
The number of organisms of the same species in an area.
What is an Omnivore?
An organism that eats both plants and animals.
What relationship is this? A relationship where both organisms benefit.
Mutualism
Spell the name for a large semi-aquatic animal that are dangerous and start with hippo
Hippopotimus
What is prey?
An organism that is hunted by a larger organism.
What does ecosystem mean?
The interactions of the organisms in a habitat/area.
What is an Carnivore?
An organism that eats only animals.
What relationship is this? A relationship where one benefits and one is unaffected.
Commensalism
What is a producer
Autotrophs that can make their own food.
What is competition in nature?
Two animals that compete for the same resourse or mate.
Habitat means?
The place where a plant or animal lives.
What is an herbivore?
An organism that eats only plants.
What relationship is this? Any close relationship between two different species.
Symbiosis
What is a consumer
An organism that must eat other organisms to survive.
What is cooperation?
Succesion when used in nature means?
Changes in a habitat over time.
What is the food chain?
A graph that shows what is the most dominant organism in the area along with the organisms below it.
What relationship is this? a relationship here one benefits but other is harmed
Parasitism
What is a decomposer?
An organism that breaks down dad matter.
What does biotic mean?
All the living organisms in an ecosystem.
What does abiotic mean?
All the non-living things in an ecosystem.
What is the food web?
Many joined lines showing the flow of energy from producers to consumers in an area.
what is animal relationship competition?
When two animals compete for a mate.
What is an energy pyramid
A diagram that shows the amount of energy decreasing as you move up a food chain.