Unit 3 Part 2 Vocabulary Review

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What is a secondary consumer?

Back

An organism that consumes primary consumers.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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What is a primary consumer?

Back

An organism that only consumes producers.

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What type of relationship do barnacles and whales have?

Back

Commensalism.

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What is Bottom Up Control in an ecosystem?

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A type of control where lower trophic levels impact the higher trophic level population.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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What type of relationship involves both organisms benefiting?

Back

Mutualism.

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What is symbiosis?

Back

A close and long-term interaction between two different species.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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What is parasitism?

Back

A relationship where one organism benefits at the expense of another.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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What is mutualism?

Back

A relationship where both organisms benefit from the interaction.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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What is commensalism?

Back

A relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.

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What is a producer in an ecosystem?

Back

An organism that produces its own food, typically through photosynthesis.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6