Symbiosis
What is Symbiosis?
Relationships between organisms that live in the same area where at least one benefits.
What is a producer?
Producers are living things that create their own food.
What is an example of an abiotic factor?
Any non-living part of an ecosystem.
What is the ultimate driver of all life on Earth?
The Sun
Give an example of a parasitic relationship.
Ticks, tapeworms, beetle on plants, etc.
Are plants the ONLY producers, true or false?
False, some bacteria can also be producers.
Name the trophic level occupied by plants.
Primary Producers
Name any Biome.
(Any other)
What is a mutualistic relationship?
When both organisms benefit from the relationship.
What can be a consumer?
Any animal could be a consumer.
Chloroplast
What do the arrows represent in a food chain/web?
The arrows show the MOVEMENT OF ENERGY between organisms.
Cattle stirring up insects for birds is an example of commensalism. True/False
True
The answer is both.
What is the waste product in the Photosynthesis reaction?
How does evolution occur?
Evolution has been identified by Charles Darwin as the process of NATURAL SELECTION.
Evolution favours a desired trait (giraffe's long neck), these traits are more likely to survive, therefore these animals are more likely to produce offspring with the same characteristic.
What kind of relationship would clown fish and sea anemone be?
Mutualism
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.
Identify the Photosynthesis reaction (word or symbol equation).
Carbon Dioxide + Water --Sunlight--> Glucose + Oxygen
Identify the Cellular Respiration Reaction (Word or Symbol Equation)
Oxygen + Sugar (Glucose) --> Carbon Dioxide + Water + Energy