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Interactions Within An Ecosystem
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Mixture
100
A person who studies the relationships in an ecosystem is this type of scientist.
What is an ecologist?
100

A clownfish living in the tentacles of the sea anemone is considered to be this type of symbiotic relationship.

What is Mutualism

100
A network of interconnected food chains is called this.
What is a food web?
100

What is the difference between a food web and food chain?

Food chain is... 

Food web is... 

100

Most of the energy in a pyramid of numbers is given off as ______________

what is heat
200
The study of the relationship between living things and their environment.
What is ecology?
200

A relationship in which one organism benefits and the other neither gains nor is harmed.

What is commensalism?

200
The "clean-up" squads are scientifically called this.
What are decomposers?
200
Grasshopper ----> Robin ----> Domestic Cat ----> Coyote is an example of one.
What is a food chain?
200

What does a pyramid of numbers show that a food chain does not? 

It shows number of organisms at each level of the food chain. Most are at the bottom (producers) and least at the top (tertiary consumers) 

300

What is the difference between a behavioral and structural adaptation.

What is... 

Behavioral: What an organism DOES to survive

Structural: What an organism HAS on its body to survive

300

Parasitism is when one organism is harmed and one benefits. What names do we use for those that are harmed? And those that are benefiting?

What is a host? (-)

What is parasite? (+)

300

Draw a pyramid of numbers and show which part of the pyramid will have the most organisms and which will have the least

... 

300
What abiotic factor runs the food chain?

What is the sun?

300

What does the word inherited mean?

What passed on from generation to generation in the form of DNA (not a learned skill). 

400
The four basic needs of living things.
What is food, water, gas for air exchange, and habitat?
400

A relationship where one organism eats another is called a _______  _______ relationship 

What is Predator Prey Relationship 

400

The living part of the environment is called ____

The non-living part of the environment is called ____

What is biotic and abiotic?

400

What is a niche?

What is a role an organism plays?

400

What would happen if the primary cosumer were to disappear in a food chain?

The producers would grow out of control and the secondary consumers would struggle to find the food to survive. In turn, the tertiary consumers would also struggle as there would be less secondary consumers for them to eat. 
500

Claws on a cougar would be considered a _____ adaptation

Hibernating in the winter would be considered a _____ adaptation

What is...

1. Structural

2. Behavioral 

500

A flower and a bee would be a ______ symbiotic relationship 

What is mutualism?

500
The things I need to look at to determine an organism's niche.
What are what it eats, where it lives, and how it interacts with other organisms?
500
What is the difference between primary, secondary and tertiary consumers

What is... 

500

What does biomass mean?

total mass of all living organisms in an ecosystem.