Interactions Among Living Things

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 producers

Question 4

Carnivore

Answer 4

An animal that eats another animal

Question 5

Predator

Answer 5

An animals 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 between two kinds of organisms that lasts 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 and benefits from that relationship while the other organism maybe be harmed by it

Question 12

Commensalism

Answer 12

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