Relationships Between Organisims Flashcards
Predator
An animal that is a carnivore and eats prey
Prey
An animal that gets eaten by the prey
Tertiary
The third and top of the energy pyramid
10% rule
When a organism eats an other organism 10% of the energy in the organism that got eaten is passed on to the organism that ate the organism
Energy pyramid
A pyramid that shows the way energy and the way on how animals get eaten by different levels(Producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, tertiary consumers)
Symbiosis
A relationship in which two different organisms live in close association with each other
Mutualism
A symbiotic relationship where both of the organisms are benefited
Parasitism
A symbiotic relationship where one organism is benefited and the other is harmed
Commensalism
A symbiotic relationship where one is benefited and the other has nothing different than he was before