Grieder Interdependence

What would best explain the decrease in primary producers?

• an increase in solar energy
• a decrease in O2 levels in the H2O
• a decrease in the population of tertiary consumers
• an increase in the population of primary consumers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A decrease in the frog population would MOST likely lead to an increase in the population of which organisms?

• owl
• grass
• snake
• grasshopper

An organism that hunts its food

• Predator
• Prey
• Hunter
• Gather

An organism that is hunted for food

• Predator
• Gather
• Prey
• Hunter

One organism benefits while the other is harmed +/-

• Commensalism
• Parasitism
• Mutualism
• Symbiotic Relationship 

Lives in or on another organism and derives nourishment from them resulting in harm to the host

• Host 
• Parasite
• Predator
• Prey

An organism in which a parasite lives and/or derives nutrients from

• Host
• Parasite
• Predator
• Prey

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A condition that occurs when two or more organisms compete for the same resources or food within an ecological community

• Population
• Competition
• Ecosystem
• Community

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Eats plants (example: deer)

• Herbivore
• Carnivore
• Omnivore
• Decomposer

Eats other animals (example: tiger)

• Herbivore
• Carnivore
• Omnivore
• Decomposer