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Howell Ecology
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carnivore
it decreases
omnivore
competition
scavenger
decrease
commensalism
decrease
mutualism
commensalism
producer/autotroph
mutualism
daily activities
decrease
decomposers
increase
symbiosis
Sun
parasitism
commensalism
herbivore
decrease
consumer/heterotroph
commensalism
parasitism
hummingbird and a flower - hummingbird gets nectar to eat, flower gets pollenated
An organism that cannot make its own food is called a
increase in resources
Obtains its energy from eating animals only
helps neither organism -both could lose
squirrel nest in a tree - squirrel builds nest in tree, tree not affected
obtains its energy from eating plants only
obtains its energy from eating dead organisms
increase in predators
barnacles attach to a whale - barnacles get a place to live, whale unaffected
tapeworm in a cat - tapeworm gets nutrients, cat loses nutrients
The original source of energy for most organisms on Earth
An organism that makes its own food is called a
Bacteria break down dead organisms and return the nutrients to the earth. These are called
helps both organisms
cattle egret birds following cows - egrets get to eat insects stirred up by walking cattle
obtains its energy from eating both plants and animals
Most of the energy in an organism is used for ____ _____.
Two organisms living closely together, benefits at least one
What happens to energy as it travels through a food chain?
Helps one, harms one
helps one, one unaffected
decrease in habitat
increase in disease
decrease in resources

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DescriptionMatch:
The original source of energy for most organisms on EarthSun
Obtains its energy from eating animals onlycarnivore
obtains its energy from eating plants onlyherbivore
obtains its energy from eating both plants and animalsomnivore
obtains its energy from eating dead organismsscavenger
increase in resourcesincrease
increase in predatorsdecrease
increase in diseasedecrease
decrease in resourcesdecrease
decrease in habitatdecrease
What happens to energy as it travels through a food chain?it decreases
Most of the energy in an organism is used for ____ _____.daily activities
An organism that cannot make its own food is called aconsumer/heterotroph
An organism that makes its own food is called aproducer/autotroph
Bacteria break down dead organisms and return the nutrients to the earth. These are calleddecomposers
Helps one, harms oneparasitism
helps both organismsmutualism
helps neither organism -both could lose competition
helps one, one unaffectedcommensalism
Two organisms living closely together, benefits at least onesymbiosis
tapeworm in a cat - tapeworm gets nutrients, cat loses nutrientsparasitism
cattle egret birds following cows - egrets get to eat insects stirred up by walking cattlecommensalism
squirrel nest in a tree - squirrel builds nest in tree, tree not affectedcommensalism
hummingbird and a flower - hummingbird gets nectar to eat, flower gets pollenatedmutualism
barnacles attach to a whale - barnacles get a place to live, whale unaffectedcommensalism