Interactions With Organisms Flashcards
1
Q
10% rule
A
Amount of calories passed on through the food chain when the animal eats the other animal
2
Q
Symbiosis
A
A relationship in which different organisms live in close association with each other
3
Q
Commensalism
A
One organism benefits and the other is unaffected
4
Q
Mutualism
A
Both species benefit sometimes-depends on each other to survive
5
Q
Parasitism
A
One species (parasite) benefits from other species (the host) which is harmed.
6
Q
Prey
A
The organism the predator hunts
7
Q
Predator
A
The organism that hunts the prey
8
Q
Energy pyramid
A
The process of a FOOD CHAIN or FOOD WEB
