Vocab Test: Ecology & Cycles of Matter and Energy
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- Q1Uses energy to make food; also called autotrophProducer30s
- Q2an organism that gets energy and nutrients by breaking down the remains of other organismsDecomposer30s
- Q3an organism that eats other organismsConsumer30s
- Q4A consumer that eats only plants.Herbivore30s
- Q5an organism that eats animalsCarnivore30s
- Q6eats both plants and animalsOmnivore30s
- Q7The feeding relationships among organisms in an ecosystemfood web30s
- Q8An animal that hunts other animals for foodpredator30s
- Q9animal that is eaten by a predatorprey30s
- Q10a close long-term relationship between different species in a communitySymbiosis30s
- Q11symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit from the relationshipMutualism30s
- Q12A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffectedCommensalism30s
- Q13A relationship in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it.Parasitism30s
- Q14the struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resourcescompetition30s
- Q15an environmental factor that keeps a population from reaching its full potential size; including food, shelter, water, space, disease, parasitism, predation, and nesting siteslimiting factors30s