Relationships Between Orgamisms Flashcards
Predator
A predator is a animal that eats other animals for food.
Prey
Prey is a animal that is hunted and eaten for food.
Tertiary
The tertiary period or the system of rocks deposited during it.
10% rule
The 10% rule is when energy is passed in a ecosystem from one trophic level to the next, only ten percent of energy would be passed on.
Energy pyramid
A energy pyramid is a graphical model of energy flow in a community.
Symbiosis
Living together of two dissimilar organisms.
Mutualism
A relationship between two species of organisms in which both benefit from the association.
Parasitism
A relation between organisms in which one lives as a parasite on another.
Commensalism
A type of relationship between two species of a plant, animal, fungus, etc., in which one lives with, on, or in another without damage to either.