1.28-29. Food Webs And Parasites

Question 1

Food in an organism is released during respiration.

Explain what will happen to this energy.

Answer 1

Some of the energy changes into biomass which will be transferred to the next organism when eaten.

Some of the energy is released into the environment and wasted thus not available to animals of the next trophic levels.

Question 2

What is paratism?

Answer 2

The feeding relationship in which 2 organisms love together with one feeding off the other.
Parasite
Host

Question 3

True or false

Secondary consumers eat producers.

Answer 3

False,

Secondary consumers eat primary consumers
Primary consumers eat producers.

Question 4

What does it mean for a relationship to be dynamic?

Answer 4

Its always changing.

Question 5

True or false,

The host feeds off the parasite.

Answer 5

False,

The parasite lives off the host.

Question 6

What is an example of a mutualistic feeding relationship?

Answer 6

Oxpeckers eat parasites off large herbivores.

Cleaner fish eat dead skin off bigger fish.

Chemosynthetic bacteria produces chemical substances that plants need for energy.