Symbiosis 101
Both organisms benefit is which type of symbiosis?
Mutualism
An organism that makes its own food.
producer
What is something about an organism that allows it to live and reproduce in its particular environment?
Adaptations
All food chains and webs start with what?
Sun or Plants
Which is an example of a producer - plants, rabbits, or hawks.
plants
One organism benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped.
Commensalism
Eats only plants.
herbivores
Sweating while exercising to maintain proper body temperature is an example of what?
Homeostasis
The arrows in a food chain and web point to what.
grass--->mouse--->owl
The organism that gets the energy.
Give an example of a herbivore.
an animal that would eat plants - deer, rabbits, etc.
Yucca flowers are pollinated by yucca moths. The moths lay their eggs in the flowers and the larvae eat some of the seeds, so they both benefit. Which type of symbiosis is this?
Mutualism
What captures and kills its food.
predator
What kind of factor is grass: Abiotic or Biotic?
How are food chains and food webs different.
Food chain - one thing after one thing
Food web - several food chains put together
What do we call the maximum size of a population that a particular environment can support?
Carrying Capacity
Tapeworms live in the human intestine and take nutrients from the human, making them sick. Which type of symbiosis is this?
Parasitism
What has to eat food to get energy.
consumer
True or False: Both abiotic and biotic factors are found in the following example:
Warm water helps tropical fish survive.
True
Name the secondary consumer in this food chain:
Carrot-->Bunny-->Fox-->Lion
Fox
What do we call all the different populations of living organisms, or biotic factors, that live in the same geographical area and interact with each other?
Community
Barnacles attach themselves to whales in order to get more food. The whale is not helped or hurt. Which type of symbiosis is this?
Commensalism
If bears eat honey, berries, and fish, what are they?
omnivores
What do we call a group of individuals of the same species that live in the same geographical area?
Population
If disease strikes the snake population in the food chain below, what will happen to the population of hawks?
Grass>Bunny>Snake>Hawk
The hawk population will suffer/decrease.
Give me an example of homeostasis that does not have to do with body temperature...
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