b16 ch. 5.2

Question 1

food chain

Answer 1

the path of energy in food from one organism to another

Question 2

food web

Answer 2

the overlapping food chains in an ecosystem

Question 3

herbivore

Answer 3

an animal that eats plants, algae, and other plant like organisms

Question 4

carnivore

Answer 4

an animal that eats other animals

Question 5

predator

Answer 5

an animal that hunts other animals for food

Question 6

prey

Answer 6

a living thing that is hunted for food

Question 7

scavenger

Answer 7

a meat eating animal that feeds on the remains of dead animals

Question 8

omnivor

Answer 8

an animal that eats both plants and animals

Question 9

symbiosis

Answer 9

a relationship between two types of animals that lasts over time

Question 10

mutilisum

Answer 10

a relationship between to kinds of organism that benefits both

Question 11

parasiteism

Answer 11

a relationship in which one organism lives in another and benefits from the relationship

Question 12

commensulism

Answer 12

a relation ship that benefits one without harming the other