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Ecosystems hannah s
food chains, food webs, etc
Question | Answer |
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What is an ecosystem? | Its all nonliving and living things that interact in an area air,water,insects,birds,mammals,etc. |
When a rabbit eats grass, what form of energy passes directly from the grass to the rabbit? | Chemical |
Would a goat or grass be considered a prducer? | Grass |
What are the Levels Of Organization? | Organism-> Population-> Community-> Ecosystem |
What is a food chain? | Diagram that shows the flow of energy from organism to organism. |
What is a food web? | Diagram that shows how many food chains are onnected. |
What is the 10% rule? | In a food pyramid it loses 10% each level going up. |
What does a food pyramid start with? | Producers. |
Competition is... | Struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited recourses. |
Predation is... | Interaction in which one organism hunts and kills another for food. |
What is a predetor? | An organism that does the hunting; has adaptation to help them catch and kill prey. |
Prey is... | The hunted animal;has adptations to try and avoid being caught. |
Symbiosis is... | A close relationship between 2 species that benifts at least one of the species. |
What is mutualism? | Both species benfit. |
What is commensalism? | One species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed. |
What is parasitism? | One organism lives in or on onther and harms it. |
An example of paraitism is? | A flea living on a dog. |
A parasite is... | The organism that benefits; steals nutrients. |
A host is... | Organsim the parasite lives on and is harmed. |
Is body weight influenced by the environment? | Yes. |
Plants-> Grasshoppers-> Birds What is the orginal source for all these organisms? | The sun. |
In what environment is having long hair for rabbits good? | A cold environment. |
Primary Succession is? | An ecosystem having no dirt or soil. |
Secondary Succession is? | How an ecosystem is after a catestrophic event. |
What are some 1st pioneer species? | Lichens and mosses. |