Interactions With Organisms Flashcards
1
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Predator
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An organism that eats other organisms
2
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Prey
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An organism that gets eaten
3
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Energy pyramid
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A 2D or 3D model that shows how energy decreases as the food chain goes up
4
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10% Rule
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A rule for all food chains or webs that tells up to that only 10%of energy keeps going through the ranks
5
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Symbiosis
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A relationship which two different organisms live in close association with each other.
6
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Parasitism
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One species (Parasite) benefits from the other species (the host) which is harmed
7
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Commensalism
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An organism benefits and the other is unaffected
8
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Mutualism
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Both species benefit; Sometimes depends on each other to survive
