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1
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An_________organism is one that exists without the aid of other members of the same species

A

Independent

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An ______ ______ forms when a number of animals from the same species live together

A

animal society

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ants, termites, wasps, and bees are all

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social insects

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4
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is the struggle between organisms for some essential factor that is in short supply in the environment.

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competition

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5
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God designed other animals to advertise their presence….

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warning coloration

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6
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are plants that usually grow on the branches of trees but do not take nourishment fro the trees.

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Epiphytes

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Animals that eat dead or decaying bodies are called

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scavengers

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8
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A relationship between tow populations that benefits one and does not hurt or help the other is called

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commensalism

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the smaller organism, obtains its energy and materials from the larger organism, called the

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smaller, is the parasite, larger is the host

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10
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The passing of materials and energy from one organism to another is called a

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food chain

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All of these interrelated food chains and many others that are possible in an ecosystem form a ______ ______

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food web

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Ecologists often use ______ ______ to illustrate energy relationships in a food chain.

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ecological pyramids

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A ______ is an animal that feeds on other animals

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predator

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14
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the is the animal that the predator eats

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prey

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15
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Animals that choose a matin partner and rarely separate from that partner for the rest of their lives This relationship is called ________ _______ ___________.

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mating for life

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16
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The two types of relationships are

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same species and different species

17
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a fungus and an alga that live together symbiotically for mutual benefit an and appear as a single organism is called a _______

A

Lichen

18
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a predator-prey relationship in which the predator is a parasite and the prey is called a host.

A

parasitism

19
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a close, long term relationship between two species is called fojfjafio

A

symbiosis

20
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poop

A

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21
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Eat both plants and animals

A

Omnivores

22
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The higher trophic levels in an ecological pyramid contain consumers

A

consumer

23
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The bottom of the trophic levels level contains the

A

producer organisms

24
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__%of the energy is used by the organisms in the level is……………..

A

90%

25
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like they always say___________

A

doceacatae

26
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benefits both species is called

A

mutualism