Ecology and Symbiotic Relationships

organism that obtains energy by eating animals

• Omnivore

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• dinovore

organism that obtains energy by eating both plants and animals

• carnivore

• herbivore

• omnivore

• dinovore

Each step in a food chain, food web, or energy pyramid

• trophic level

• food chain

• food web

• step

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Only 10% of the energy in one trophic level gets passed onto the next trophic level

• food web

• energy level

• 10% rule

• Hund's rule

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit from the relationship

• parasitism

• commensalism

• symbiosis

• mutualism

A symbiotic relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected

• parasitism

• mutualism

• commensalism

• symbiosis

A symbiotic relationship between two organisms of different species where one benefits and the other is harmed

• parasitism

• commensalism

• mutualism

• symbiosis

A relationship in which two different organisms live in close association with each other

• parasitism

• mutualism

• commensalism

• symbiosis

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

An animal that hunts other animals for food

• prey

• hunter

• scavenger

• predator

An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism

• predator

• prey

• victim

• competitor

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2