Energy Flow | Relationships | Populations | Habitat vs. Niche | Ecology |
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What is omnivores?
Humans are this type of consumer.
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What is mutualism?
both organisms benefit
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What is decrease?
If the death rate is higher than the birth rate, the population is going to ____________.
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What is habitat?
A bird nests in trees.
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True.
True or False: an ecosystem consists of living and nonliving things.
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What is predator?
consumers that capture and eat other consumers
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What is parasitism?
one organism benefits, one is harmed
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What is migration?
a bird species can no longer support itself in a certain area during the winter
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What is niche?
An acorn falls from an oak tree.
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What is biosphere?
the part of Earth that supports life
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What is producers?
the beginning of every food chain
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What is commensalism?
one organism benefits without harming or benefiting the other
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What is competition?
when there is more, resources are limited
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What is niche?
Hyenas eat dead animals.
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False.
True or False: A population is all the communities of all living species in an ecosystem.
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What is decomposer?
Bacteria is an example of this type of consumer.
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What is symbiosis?
the interaction between two organisms living in close physical association
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What is limiting factor?
the availability of food, water, or living space is restricting the number of individuals in a population
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What is niche?
A beaver builds a dam.
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What is habitat?
the place in which an organism receives its food and shelter, and is supported with the right temperature and amount of moisture to survive
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What is sun, grass, grass hoppers, mice, hawks?
Describe the food chain/energy flow including mice, grass, hawks, grass hoppers, and the sun.
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What is commensalism?
the relationship between a frog and the tree it uses as protection
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What is carrying capacity?
an ecosystem cannot support any more of a certain species
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What is habitat?
The human skin is full of bacteria.
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Any one species within that community.
Give an example of a population within a prairie community.
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