Interactions With Organisms

Question 1

Symbiosis

Answer 1

A relationship in which two different organisms live in close association with each other

Question 2

Parasitism

Answer 2

One species benefits from the other species which is harmed

Question 3

Commensalism

Answer 3

One organism benefits and the other is unaffected

Question 4

Mutualism

Answer 4

Both species benefit;sometimes depends on each other to survive

Question 5

Predator

Answer 5

An animal which eats other animals for food

Question 6

Prey

Answer 6

An animal which gets eaten by the predator

Question 7

Energy Pyramid

Answer 7

The Pyramid of Energy is a model that uses a pyramid shape to show that the energy available for consumers decreases as it travels through a typical food chain or web

Question 8

10% Rule

Answer 8

90% of the available energy is used for life processes such as respiration,photosynthesis, and reproduction and transformed to heat energy before an organism is consumed. This means only about 10% of the original energy is left to feed the next level or 10% is stored in the tissues.