ecology

Question 1

definition of herbivore

Answer 1

herbivore means an animal that eats plants

Question 2

definition of carnivore

Answer 2

carnivore means an animal that eats meat

Question 3

definition of ominvore

Answer 3

omnivore means an animal that eats both meat, and plants

Question 4

what does a heterotroph eat?

Answer 4

a heterotroph eats organic matter

Question 5

give examples of heterotrophs

Answer 5

animals, fungi, some protist, some bacteria, some archaea

Question 6

what living things are specifically and only autotroph?

Answer 6

plants are autotrophs

Question 7

what is a autotroph

Answer 7

a autotroph is a being that produces its own nurishment

Question 8

why are autotrophs producers?

Answer 8

autotrophs are producers because they produce glucose and food for consumers to eat

Question 9

definition of prey

Answer 9

an animal which is hunted by other animals

Question 10

definition of a predator

Answer 10

an animal which hunts other animals

Question 11

competition definition

Answer 11

competition means when animals fight for a reasource

Question 12

symbiotic relationship definition

Answer 12

this is a relationship between organisms

Question 13

parasitism definition

Answer 13

when one party benefits and another is effected

Question 14

commensalism definition:

Answer 14

when one party benefits but not at the expense of another party

Question 15

mutualism definition

Answer 15

when both parties benefit form their relationships

Question 16

example of commensalism

Answer 16

an example of commensalism is a bird making a nest in a tree

Question 17

example of mutualism

Answer 17

a bird cleaning out meat from the teeth of a alligator

Question 18

example of parasitism

Answer 18

a lion eating a deer