Ecology CFA

Front

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

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Mutualism

Front

An organism that gets energy from eating other organisms is a _____________.

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Consumer

Front

What type of relationship is exhibited by aphids that live on and eat the leaves of plants, removing vital nutrients?

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Parasitism

Front

An animal that hunts other animals for food is called a _____________.

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Predator

Front

What is a decomposer?

Back

An organism that gets energy from eating dead organisms, non-living material, or waste.

Front

What is the role of producers in an ecosystem?

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Producers are organisms that use sunlight to make their own food through photosynthesis.

Front

Define commensalism in ecological terms.

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Commensalism is a type of symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.

Front

What is the difference between a herbivore and a carnivore?

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Herbivores eat plants, while carnivores eat other animals.

Front

What is an omnivore?

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An omnivore is an organism that eats both plants and animals.

Front

Explain the concept of predation.

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Predation is a biological interaction where one organism (the predator) hunts and eats another organism (the prey).