Ecological Relationships Flashcard

Front

What is the primary source of energy for food chains?

Back

Sun

Front

What type of symbiosis involves one organism benefiting at the expense of another?

Back

Parasitism

Front

What do we call an organism that obtains energy by consuming other organisms?

Back

Heterotroph

Front

What type of relationship is exemplified by a cow eating grass?

Back

Producer/consumer

Front

What term describes the role of a specific organism within its habitat?

Back

Niche

Front

What is the term for organisms that produce their own food using sunlight?

Back

Autotroph

Front

What type of ecological relationship involves two species competing for the same resources?

Back

Competition

Front

What is the relationship called when one organism benefits while the other is neither helped nor harmed?

Back

Commensalism

Front

What is the term for a consumer that primarily eats plants?

Back

Herbivore

Front

What do we call a consumer that eats both plants and animals?

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Omnivore