Ch.5 Lesson 2

Question 1

food chain

Answer 1

The path of the energy in food from one organism to another

Question 2

food web

Answer 2

The overlapping food chain in an ecosystem

Question 3

herbivore

Answer 3

An animal that eats plants, algae, and other producers

Question 4

carnivore

Answer 4

An animal that eats another animal

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

omnivore

Answer 8

An animal that eats both plants and animals

Question 9

symbiosis

Answer 9

A relationship two kinds of organisms that last over time

Question 10

mutualism

Answer 10

A relationship between two kinds of organisms that benefit both

Question 11

parasitism

Answer 11

A relationship in which one organism lives in or on another organism that benefits from that relationship while the other organism may be harmed by it

Question 12

commensalism

Answer 12

A relationship between two kinds of organisms that benefits one without harming the other