Intercations With Oranisms Flashcards
Predator
A animal that hunts and eats other animals
Prey
An animal that is hunted and killed
Energy pyramid
An energy pyramid is a graphical model of a energy flow
10% rule
A transfer from one leval to the next
Symbiosis
a relationship in which two different organisms live in close association each other
Parasitism
One species benefits from the other species which harm
Commensalism
One organism and the other is unaffected
Mutualism
Both species benefit sometimes depend on each other to survive
Decomposer
An animal that breaks down dead animals
Primary producers
An organism in an ecosystem that produces biomass from inorganic compounds
Primary consumers
An animal that feeds on plants
Secondary consumer
Carnivore that only eats herbivores