Food Webs

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What are decomposers?

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Organisms, like bacteria, insects, and worms, that break down waste and dead organisms.

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What is an invasive species?

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A non-native (not naturally found) species added to an area.

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What type of symbiotic relationship occurs when one organism captures and eats another?

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Predation.

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What is commensalism?

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

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What is competition in ecology?

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A relationship that occurs when two or more organisms of the same species need the same resource at the same time.

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What is a food web?

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A system of interrelated food chains in an ecosystem.

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What is a carnivore?

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An organism that primarily eats other animals.

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What is a herbivore?

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An organism that primarily eats plants.

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What is mutualism?

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A symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit.

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What is a keystone species?

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A species that has a disproportionately large effect on its environment relative to its abundance.