symbiosis flashcard

Front

An organism that gets energy from eating other organisms is a ______________

Back

consumer

Front

An environment that contains all the living and nonliving factors in a specific area is called an ____________

Back

ecosystem

Front

What type of symbiosis occurs when hummingbirds feed on nectar from flowers and pollinate them?

Back

mutualism

Front

When one organism benefits and the other organism is neither harmed nor benefited, that is an example of _________

Back

commensalism

Front

Termites and the bacteria in their stomach that allows them to digest wood is an example of __________ .

Back

mutualism

Front

What is the term for organisms that produce their own food, usually through photosynthesis?

Back

producers

Front

In a food chain, what is the role of a decomposer?

Back

Decomposers break down dead organic matter and recycle nutrients back into the ecosystem.

Front

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

Back

parasitism

Front

Give an example of commensalism in nature.

Back

Barnacles attaching to a whale; the barnacle benefits while the whale is neither helped nor harmed.

Front

What is the term for the variety of life in an ecosystem?

Back

biodiversity