Relationships Between Organisms Flashcards
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Predator
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A predator is an organism that hunts other organisms for food
2
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Prey
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The prey are the organisms that get hunted by other organisms
3
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Tertiary
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Tertiary organisms are organisms that are the top consumers in a food chain
4
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10% rule
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The 10% rule is where organisms only get 10% of the energy that the organism they ate had in their body
5
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The energy pyramid
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The energy pyramid shows how much energy gets from one level to the next.
6
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Symbiosis
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A relationship in which two different organisms live on close association with each other.
7
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Parasitism
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One species benefits from the other species which is harmed.
8
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Commensalism
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One organism benefits and the other is unharmed(does not care).
9
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Mutualism
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Both species benefit, sometimes depend on each other to survive.
