Ecology Flashcards
1
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What is a food chain?
A
a diagram showing the flow of food and energy from one organism to the next.
2
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What does a food chain include?
A
a producer
primary consumer
secondary consumer
teritiary consumer
quatenary consumer
3
Q
What can consumers be classified as?
A
herbivore- consume plants only
carnivore- consume animals only
omnivore- consume plants and animals
4
Q
What ae trophic levels?
A
the levels of feeding in a food chain
5
Q
What is a predator?
A
an organism that kills and feeds on another organism
6
Q
What is a prey?
A
the organism that is being killed
7
Q
What is an apex predator?
A
normally at the top of the food chain and has no predators
8
Q
What is symbiosis?
A
any close relationship with organisms of different species
9
Q
What are the symbiotic relationships?
A
Paratism
Mutalism
Commensialism
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