Level 2 Vocabulary Flashcards
What does competition mean?
A contest between two organisms
What does Carrying Capacity mean?
Maximum numbers of organisms an area can support on a long term basis
What does commensalism mean?
A relationship between two organisms where one organism benefits without affecting the other
What does a predator-prey relationship mean?
Where the predator gets food by killing and eating prey
What does symbiosis mean?
When two organisms live together in some type of long term relationship, it’s called at symbiosis.
What does mutualism mean?
A relationship where both organisms benefit.
What does parasitism mean?
When one organism benefits and the other one is harmed.
What does qualitative mean?
Measuring something that deals with descriptions and letters.
What does quantitative mean?
The data deals with numbers.
What is a producer?
A plant
What is a primary consumer?
Someone who eats producers
What is a secondary consumer?
They eat primary consumers
What is a tertiary consumer?
They eat secondary consumers.
What is a predator?
An organism that hunts smaller organisms
What’s a prey?
Usually eaten by predators
What is a herbivore?
When an organism eats plants. PLANTS ONLY.
What is a omnivore?
A organism that eats anything….
What is a carnivore?
An organism that eats meat
How are the living creatures in a ecosystem linked?
By what they eat
What role do WE play in the food web?
Consumer
How might a lack of sunlight disrupt the food web?
It would prevent producers from producing nutrients
How is a food web different from a food chain?
Food webs contain many different, linked food chains
Through what process do producers make their own food?
- ) Parthenogenesis
- ) Photosynthesis
- ) Meiosis
- ) Mitosis
2, Photosynthesis
Which of the following is a producer?
1) Bear
2) Human
3) Mushroom
4) Tree
Tree
