Ecosystem Interactions: Unit Review

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What is the relationship called where one organism benefits and the other is not helped or harmed?

Back

Commensalism

Front

How do animals get the nitrogen they need?

Back

From the food they eat.

Front

What type of adaptations do clown fish exhibit by living near sea anemones for protection?

Back

Behavioral adaptations.

Front

What are physical adaptations?

Back

Body parts that help survival.

Front

In an ecosystem, what is a lion classified as when it hunts other animals?

Back

Predator.

Front

What is the term for a relationship where both organisms benefit?

Back

Mutualism.

Front

What is the process called by which plants make their own food using sunlight?

Back

Photosynthesis.

Front

What is the term for the role an organism plays in its ecosystem?

Back

Niche.

Front

What is the relationship called where one organism benefits at the expense of another?

Back

Parasitism.

Front

What is an example of a structural adaptation?

Back

The long neck of a giraffe.