Unit 1- Ecology Review

Front

What are organisms that get energy by eating other living things called?

Back

Consumers

Front

What type of symbiotic relationship involves both species benefiting from the interaction?

Back

Mutualism

Front

What happens to the amount of available energy in an energy pyramid as it moves up through the different levels?

Back

It decreases.

Front

What type of symbiosis occurs when one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed?

Back

Commensalism

Front

What type of symbiosis occurs when one species benefits at the expense of another?

Back

Parasitism

Front

What is the role of producers in an ecosystem?

Back

Producers create energy through photosynthesis.

Front

What is the primary source of energy for most ecosystems?

Back

The Sun.

Front

What is the term for the variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem?

Back

Biodiversity.

Front

What is the process by which plants convert sunlight into chemical energy?

Back

Photosynthesis.

Front

What is the term for organisms that break down dead organic material?

Back

Decomposers.