A remora fish eats the scraps left behind by a shark. The remora gets food, the shark is unaffected. What type of symbiotic relationship is this?
Commensalism
Butterflies get nectar from flowers. The flower gets pollinated, which helps it reproduce. What type of symbiotic relationship is this?
Mutualism
A brown headed cowbird lays it's eggs in another birds nest. The baby cowbird takes up precious resources from the bird who ends up raising it. What type of relationship is this?
parasitism
Identify a community in this picture
tadpoles, grasses, frogs, flies, etc.
Identify a population in this picture
tadpoles OR grasses OR flies
In the following food chain, which organism would be considered a producer?
grass
In the following food chain, which organism is a SECONDARY consumer?
Mouse
What role do the mushrooms play in this food chain?
decomposer- recycling nutrients
How much of the energy from the grasshopper will the mouse actually consume? (What percent?)
10%
In this ecosystem, what population will have the FEWEST number of organisms?
owls
The following diagram shows all of the interconnected food chains/feeding relationships. This diagram is called a _________.
Food web
In the following food web, which animals eat the mouse?
owl, hawk, fox
What do the arrows indicate in food webs/food chains?
direction of energy transfer
