Module 8

Question 1

Trophic relationships

Answer 1

relating to feeding or food (who eats whom)
food chain

Question 2

Trophic level

Answer 2

position on a food chain or web
producers are first, then consumers based on what they eat. decomposers bridge the top trophic level to the bottom

Question 3

Energy flows through trophic levels

Answer 3

Trophic level 1: primary producers
Trophic level 2: primary consumers
Trophic level 3: secondary consumers
Trophic level 4: tertiary consumers

Question 4

Ecosystems

Answer 4

all the living organisms (biotic factors) in an area and the non-living (abiotic factors) with which they interact

Question 5

Invasive species

Answer 5

a new species introduced and causes damage to the ecosystem

Question 6

Ecosystem of the Everglades interactions/relationships

Answer 6

Interspecific interactions: relationships between species
Trophic relationships: relating to feeding or food

Question 7

Mutualism

Answer 7

both organisms benefit

Question 8

Commensalism

Answer 8

one organism benefits and the other is unaffected

Question 9

Competition

Answer 9

both organisms are negatively impacted

Question 10

Predation, Herbivory, & Parasitism

Answer 10

one organism is feeding on another

Question 11

Ecosystem services

Answer 11

• goods and services that ecosystems provide humans
• food, energy, lumber, water filtration, flood control, shelter, recreation, culture