Ecosystem Relationships

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What is an omnivore?

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An omnivore is an organism that eats both plants and animals. For example, a grizzly bear can eat salmon and fruits.

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What is the relationship between a predator and prey?

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A predator is an animal that hunts and eats another animal, known as its prey. For example, a lion hunting a zebra.

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What is competition in an ecosystem?

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Competition occurs when two or more organisms vie for the same resources, such as food or space. For example, a monk seal and a shark competing for fish.

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What is mutualism?

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Mutualism is a type of symbiotic relationship where both species benefit. For example, a wrasse fish eating parasites off a black sea bass.

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What is parasitism?

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Parasitism is a relationship where one organism benefits at the expense of another. For example, a tick feeding on a dog.

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What is commensalism?

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Commensalism is a relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed. For example, barnacles on a whale.

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What is a producer?

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A producer is an organism that can make its own food, usually through photosynthesis. For example, a sunflower.

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What is photosynthesis?

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Photosynthesis is the process by which green plants use sunlight to make food from carbon dioxide and water.

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What is a consumer?

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A consumer is an organism that cannot make its own food and must eat other organisms. For example, a rabbit eating grass.

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What is a food chain?

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A food chain is a sequence that shows how energy and nutrients flow from one organism to another in an ecosystem.

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