Symbiosis
What is Symbiosis?
Relationships between organisms that live in the same area.
What is Ecology?
Ecology is a branch of science that studies the relationship between living organisms and their surroundings.
What is a producer?
Producers are living things that create their own food.
What are consumers?
Consumers are usually animals that will eat the producers.
What is a decomposer?
Decomposers are usually bacteria.
Give an example of a parasitic relationship.
Ticks, tapeworms, beetle on plants, etc.
Why is ecology important to humans?
Ecology is important to humans because it gives us info on the difference between people and nature and that's very crucial for producing food.
Are plants the ONLY producers, true or false?
False, some bacteria can also be producers.
What are 3 types of consumers?
Types of consumers are omnivores, carnivores, herbivores and decomposers.
What do decomposers do?
Decomposers eat dead plants and animals and turn them into chemical nutrients.
What is a mutualistic relationship?
When both organisms benefit from the relationship.
Who discovered ecology?
Ernst Haeckel discovered ecology.
What is an example of a producer found in the tundra?
Grass, sedge, moss, lichen, willow shrub, wild berry plants, aquatic phytoplankton, fungi
What can be a consumer?
Any animal could be a consumer.
Where do decomposers live?
Decomposers usually live on the top layer of the soil.
Barnacles living on the sides of whales is an example of commensalism. True/False
True
What do you call a scientist that studies ecology?
You would call them a ecologist.
How do producers grow?
Producers grow by a process called photosynthesis.
The answer is both.
Can insects be decomposers, true or false?
Yes, insects can be decomposers.
What kind of relationship would clown fish and sea anemone be?
Mutualism
What is the main purpose of ecology?
The main purpose of ecology is to understand the relationship between living organisms and where they're living.
How does photosynthesis work?
Photosynthesis is the process by which green plants and certain other organisms transform light energy into chemical energy.
During photosynthesis in green plants, light energy is captured and used to convert water, carbon dioxide, and minerals into oxygen and energy-rich organic compounds.
What is the difference between a primary consumer and a secondary consumer?
The difference is primary consumers are herbivores and secondary consumers are carnivores.
How do decomposers help the ecosystem?
Decomposers help the ecosystem by eating the dead plants and animals and they keep track of the flow of nutrients.