Ecology Basics
What term means a single living thing?
organism
This organism makes their own food _________.
Autotroph
What is a close relationship between two different species called?
symbiosis
What type of animal eats only plants?
Herbivore
What includes all the different populations living in the same area?
community
Which organisms must get their own food by consuming other organisms?
Heterotrophs
What type of symbiosis benefits one organisms while the other is not helped or harmed?
Commensalism
What shows the movement of energy from one organism to another through feeding?
food chain
What is the level that includes every living thing, every non-living thing and some of the atmosphere?
biosphere
What type of consumer eats both plants and animals?
omnivore
Bees get nectar from flowers while helping flowers reproduce. This relationship is called _______.
mutualism
What are the different feeding positions in a food chain called?
trophic levels
What level includes only one species?
population
What is the name for the consumers that eat primary consumers?
Secondary
A tick gets food from a dog while harming the dog. What type of relationship is this?
parasitism
What type of animal eats other animals?
carnivore
A pond contains fish, plants, insects, water, sunlight, and soil. What level of organization does this describe?
Ecosystem
What percentage of energy moves to the next level?
10%
Name the 3 types of ecosystem interactions
parasitism, commensalism, mutualism
In the food chain grass-grasshopper-frog-snake, which organism is at the second trophic level (primary consumer)?
grasshopper