Vocabulary & Definitions
A parasite attaches itself to this
Host
A tapeworm and human have this kind of relationship
Parasitism
An individual organism is at this level of the ecosystem
Bottom/first/lowest
The arrow points in the direction of the organism who is
Eating
A lion hunts and eats a zebra. This is an example of
Predation
This flows through an ecosystem
Energy
The crocodile allows small birds to pick food out of its teeth (without eating them). The crocodile gets a dental cleaning while the bird gets a meal. This relationship is called
Mutualism
All organisms of the same species in an environment is known as this
Population
The primary consumer eats this
Producers/plants
Herbivores prey on this
Plants
This is another name for a producer
Plant/autotroph
In 1970, the Asian carp from China was brought to America and someone put them in the Mississippi River. This is an example of a/n _________ species
Introduced
A community is made up of all ___________ factors in an ecosystem
Living/biotic
The tertiary consumer eats this organism
Secondary Consumers
Carnivores prey on this
Animals
This is another name for a consumer
Animal/heterotroph
The ramora fish attaches to the shark. It catches food as the shark swims, but the shark is not affected (neither harmed nor helped). This kind of relationship is
Commensalism
This is the largest/highest trophic level with all factors of an environment
Ecosystem
Rabbits eat tomatoes in a garden. This is a possible outcome if the population of rabbits increased.
The tomato population would decrease.
Organisms of different species compete for (two examples)
Water, land/space, and food.
The definition of ecosystem includes these type of factors
Biotic or living & abiotic or nonliving
The Yellow Crazy Ant is an invasive species on Christmas Island. It has no natural predators and its prey is the Red Land Crab. The crab population on the island will most likely do this
Decrease
These are abiotic factors that could exist in an ecosystem (three examples)
Soil, rock, sun, temperature, water, air/wind, etc.
This is the difference between a food chain and food web (DD)
A food chain is a sequence of one organism eating the other. Shows a single flow of energy.
A few web is a network of interconnected food chains.
A mouse eats corn and grasshoppers. This mouse is this kind of consumer
Omnivore