Cubangbang #129272 Word Scramble
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Food chain | the passing of material and energy from one organism to another |
Decomposer organisms | bacteria or fungi that break the remains of dead organisms and return this material to soil |
Food web | a method of illustrating the interrelationships between food chains in an ecosystem |
Ecological pyramids | an illustration shaped like a pyramid and divided into layers to show the energy relationships between organisms in an ecosystem |
Herbivores | organisms that eat plants |
Parasite | a smaller organism that obtains its energy and materials from a larger organism called the host |
Carnivores | animals that eat other animals |
Biomass | the mass of living material produced by a given area |
Omnivores | organisms that eat both plants and animals |
Predator | an animal that feeds on other animals |
Tapeworm | a parasite that lives in a human’s intestine, but usually doesn’t kill the person |
Prey | the animal that the predator eats |
Independent organism | an organism that exists without the aid of other members of the same species that live together |
Animal society | a group of animals of the same species that live together |
Social insects | an insect that lives in a colony usually exhibits some division of labor |
Pecking order | a system of rank that occurs among a group of chickens |
Commensalism | a relationship in which one organism benefits and the other one is not helped or harmed |
Scavenger | an animal that eats dead or decaying matter |
Mutualism | a relationship that is beneficial to both organism involved |
Obligatory mutualism | mutualism in which both organisms must be together or they will die |
Mimicry | when one organism looks like another |
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