Ecology Review

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What is an organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy?

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Consumer

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What relationship is demonstrated when a frog eats a fly?

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Predator/Prey

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What is the term for the relationship where bacteria in the intestines of cows gain nutrients and aid in digestion?

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Mutualism

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What is a producer?

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An organism that uses sunlight or chemical energy to make its own food.

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What is a carnivore?

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An animal that gets energy by eating other animals.

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What is an autotroph?

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An organism that can produce its own food using sunlight or chemical energy.

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What is competition in ecology?

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The struggle between organisms for the same resources in an ecosystem.

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What is parasitism?

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A relationship where one organism benefits at the expense of another.

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What is commensalism?

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

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What is a herbivore?

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An animal that gets energy by eating only plants.