Relashionships Between Organisms Flashcards
1
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Predator
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A predator is an animal that eats another organism for food, and energy.
2
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Prey
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Prey is an organism that gets eaten by predators for their food and energy.
3
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Tertiary
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A tertiary consumer is a level 3 consumer, and the top predator.
4
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10% rule
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When a rabbit gets eaten by a fox, only 10% of that energy gets transferred, and the other 90% leaves the body.
5
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Energy pyramid
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The energy pyramid goes like this… (read from bottom to top)
- Decomposers
- Tertiary consumers
- Secondary consumers
- Primary consumers
- Producers
6
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Symbiosis
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A relationship in which two different organisms live in close association with each other.
7
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Mutualism
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Both species benefit; sometimes depends on each other to survive.
8
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Parasitism
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Once species benefits from the other species which is harmed.
9
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Commensalism
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One organism benefits and the other is unaffected.
