Decomposers and Detritivores

Question 1

What organisms feed on dead organisms?

Answer 1

Decomposers and Detritivores

Question 2

Examples of decomposers?

Answer 2

Bacteria and Fungi

Question 3

What’s the secrete enzymes that break down dead plants and animal material into a substance is called?

Answer 3

Humus

Question 4

What helps with the removal and recycling of dead organisms by feeding on small fragments?

Answer 4

Detritivores

Question 5

Examples of Detritivores are?

Answer 5

Woodlice and Earthworms

Question 6

Whats the name given to an organism that feeds on dead organic material?

Answer 6

Saprophyte

Question 7

What is symbiosis?

Answer 7

Close relationship between two different species

Question 8

What are the 3 main types of symbiosis?

Answer 8

Mutualism, Commensalism and Parasitism.

Question 9

Mutualism

Answer 9

Mutualism is type of symbiotic relationship where all species involve benifit from their actions.

Question 10

Commensalism

Answer 10

A relationship between individuals of two species in which one species obtains food or other benefits from without either harming or benefiting the latter.

Question 11

Parasitism

Answer 11

Parasitism is a symbiosis in which one organism, the parasite causes harm to another, the host, which the parasite utilizes as habitat and depends on for resource aquisition

Question 12

Examples of mutualisms

Answer 12

Bee and Flower
Aphid and Ants
Humans and (good bacteria)Bacteria- some humans have bacteria on their skin that is mostly harmless to us, but those bacteria can defend us from more dangerous bacteria
Cows and Bacteria-Bacteria live in the cow’s digestive tract in return for helping the cow digest its food, the bacteria also receive a constant food supply

Question 13

Examples of Commensalisms

Answer 13

Frogs and Plants

Golden Jackals and Tigers

Question 14

Examples of parasitism

Answer 14

Fleas and Dogs

Humans and Fungi