Organism Interactions
What is mutualism?
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" A relationship between two species where both benefit."
What is an ecosystem?
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" A community of living organisms and their interactions with their environment."
What is climate change?
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" Long-term alteration of temperature and typical weather patterns in a place."
What is a desert?
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" A biome characterized by low moisture and extreme temperatures."
What is parasitism?
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"A relationship where one organism benefits at the expense of another."
What is a producer?
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" An organism that can make its own food, typically through photosynthesis."
How do diseases impact populations?
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" Diseases can reduce population sizes and affect species interactions."
What is a tundra?
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" A cold biome with permafrost and limited vegetation."
What is competition?
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" The struggle between organisms for the same resources in an ecosystem"
Describe the flow of energy in a food chain.
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"Energy flows from producers to consumers and then to decomposers."
What is resource availability?
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"The availability of materials necessary for organisms to survive, such as food and water."
How does location affect a biome?
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" Biomes are influenced by geographical location, which affects climate and resource availability."
What is commensalism?
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"A relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed."
What are decomposers?
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" Organisms that break down dead material, returning nutrients to the ecosystem."
What is human activity?
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" Actions by humans that alter ecosystems, such as pollution and deforestation."
What is the temperate forest?
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" A biome with distinct seasons and a variety of deciduous trees."
Describe a predator-prey relationship.
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" An interaction where one organism (the predator) hunts and eats another organism (the prey)."
Explain how matter cycles in an ecosystem.
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" Matter is recycled through food chains and webs, moving from producers to consumers to decomposers."
Analyze how a drought affects a grassland ecosystem
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" A drought can reduce water availability, affecting plant growth and, consequently, the animals that rely on those plants for food."
Compare and contrast freshwater and marine ecosystems.
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"Freshwater ecosystems have low salt content and include lakes and rivers, while marine ecosystems have high salt content and include oceans and seas."