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Biology04
study for interactions quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mutualism | Is when two organisms benifit from association. |
| Example of mutualism | Flowers spread their pollen by bees eating it and spreading it from one to another causing flowers to reproduce. |
| Parasitism | A relationship between organisms were one lives as a parasite on another. |
| Example of parasitism | A whale with barnicles living on it. |
| Commensalism | Organisms who occupy the same space at the same time. |
| Example of commensalism | On a tree birds and insects occupying the same space at the same time |
| Symbiosis | Two unsimiliar oraganisms who live together. |
| Example of symbiosis | A bird living in a bee hive with bees. |
| Competition | A act of competing between at least two organisms for something. |
| Example of competition | Two birds competeing for a worm to eat. |
| Predation | The relation between animals when one organism captures and feeds on others. |
| Example of Predation | A fox captures a small animal and feeds on it. |
| Prey | A animal that is captured and is eatened. |
| Example of a prey | A caterpillar is captured by a bird and is eatened |
| Predator | A organism that hunts for food and eats its prey |
| Example of a predator | A wolf hunts for small animals and eats it |
| Trophic level | any class of organisms that occupy the same position in a food chain. As primary consumers, secondary consumers, and tertiary consumers. |
| Example of trophic level | Grass->Rabbits->Snakes->Eagles |
| 10% rule | only 10% of a organism is transfered to another the other 90% is transfered by heat |
| Example of the 10% rule | a orgainsm eats another one and only gets 10% of its energy while the other is transfered by heat. |
| Energy pyramid | The amount of energy in each trophic level of an ecosystem. |
| Example of energy pyramid | Grass->Rabbits->Snake->Owl |