An individual living thing is called an ____________

A place where an organism lives with the specific biotic and abiotic factors necessary to survive is its ___________.

What term describes organisms striving for the same limited resources?

A crab is protected from fish when an anemone rides on its shell. The anemone gets more food.

Commensalism is a symbiotic relationship in which what occurs between the organisms?

In which symbiotic relationship are both organisms able to benefit from each other?

A tapeworm lives in the intestine of a cat absorbing nutrients through its skin. A tapeworm and a cat have this type of relationship.

Aphids are tiny insects that live on and eat the leaves of plants, removing vital nutrients from the plants.

Mockingbirds will push the eggs out of a blue bird's nest and use the nest for it's own babies illustrating...

Clown fish live among anemones, acting as a lure for the sea anemone's prey. The clown fish get protection and shelter from the anemone. This is an example of which type of symbiosis?

A bee and a flower work together to benefit each other. This is an example of a ______. The bee helps the flower by pollinating it and the flower helps the bee by providing it with nectar.

Hookworms enter the human body by burrowing into the skin of the feet. Once in the skin, they enter the bloodstream and travel to the small intestine where they attach to the walls and begin to drink the person's blood and weaken the victim.

Lichens are close associations of fungi and algae. The fungi hold the water supply and the algae perform photosynthesis to manufacture carbohydrates for both organisms.

In the jungles of South America lives a thorn tree call an acacia. A species of ant eats secretions of the acacia, drinks its sap, and raises its young in the hollow thorns. The ants also keep competing vines from growing near the acacia tree and they help repel any insects that would damage the acacia tree.

Lactobacilli are a type of bacteria that live in our lungs and destroy many of the microorganisms that enter our respiratory system. They are highly adapted to living in our lungs and can't survive in many other habitats.

Organisms that make their own food

Organisms that obtain energy by feeding on other organisms

Organisms that break down wastes and dead organisms and return the raw materials to the environment

Consumers that feed on the bodies of dead organisms

Consumers that eat both plants and animals

A food _______ consists of many overlapping food ________.

In the food web above, what eats the rabbit?