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Science Ch3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| An ________ includes all living and no living things in an environment. | Ecosystem |
| A _________ includes all members of a single species in an area at a given time. | Population |
| A _______ includes all living things in an ecosystem. | Community |
| The death that energy and nutrients follow in an ecosystem is called? | Food Chain |
| _________ are organisms that use the Sunâs energy to make sugar and oxygen. | Producers |
| A ________ is any animal that eats plants or other animals. | Consumer |
| Animals that eat other animals are called? | Carnivores |
| Animals that eat producers are called? | Herbivores |
| Animals that eat both plants and other animals are called? | Omnivores |
| ________ break down dead or delaying plant and animal material. | Decomposers |
| A ________ is a consumer that eats the remains of dead animals that it did not hunt or kill. | Scavenger |
| A ___ ____ is a network of food chains that have some links in common. | Food Web |
| A _______ is a living thing that hunts and kills other living things for food. | Predator |
| _____ are organisms that are eaten by predators. | Prey |
| An ______ _______ is a diagram that shows the amount of energy available at each level of an ecosystem. | Energy Pyramid |
| A _____ ____ is a sudden explosive growth of single-celled algae in coastal areas. | Red tide |
| A ______ ______ is any resource that restricts the growth of populations. | Limiting factor |
| The fight for limited resource. | Competition |
| The _________ ________ is the greatest number of individuals within a population that an ecosystem can support. | Carrying capacity |
| A _______ is the physical place where an organism lives and hunts for food. | Habitat |
| A _____ is the special role that an organism plays in a community. | Niche |
| _________ is the reliance of organisms for their survival. | Interdependence |
| ______ is a relationship between two or more kinds of organisms that lasts over time. | Symbiosis |
| A symbiotic relationship that benefits both organisms is called _________. | Mutualism |
| A _____ is actually to different organisms - a fungus and an alga - that live together | Lichen |
| A symbiotic relationship that benefits one organism without harming the other is called __________. | Commensalism |
| _______ is a symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed | Parasitism |
| A ______ lives in or on a host organism and benefits from the relationship. | Parasite |
| Some parasites are Protists, including the species of amoeba that causes a disease called ________. | Dysentery |
| An ______ is any characteristic that helps an organism survive in its environment. | Adaptation |
| ______ ______ are adjustments to internal or external physical structures. | Structural adaptations |
| An adjustment in an organismâs behavior is a ______ ______ | Behavioral adaptation |
| ______ is a movement of animals to find food. | Migration |
| ______ is a period of inactivity during cold weather. | Hibernation |
| Orchid stems have a storage organs called _______. | Pseudobulbs |
| Desert animals are often ______. | Nocturnal |
| Any coloring, shape, or pattern that allows an organism to blend in with its environment is called ________. | Camouflage |
| ________ _______ is a type of camouflage in which a color of an animal helps it blend in with its background. | Protective coloration |
| Matching the color, shape, and texture of an environment is called _______ ______. | Protective resemblance |
| An adaptation in which an animal is protected against predators by its resemblance to an unpleasant animal is called _______. | Mimicry |
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