les. 2 Interactions among living things

Question 1

food chain

Answer 1

the path of energy in food from one organisim to another

Question 2

food web

Answer 2

the overlapping chains in a ecosystem

Question 3

carnivore

Answer 3

an animal that eats another animal

Question 4

predator

Answer 4

an animal that hunts other animals for food

Question 5

prey

Answer 5

a living thing that is hunted for food

Question 6

scavenger

Answer 6

a meat eating animal that feeds on the remains of the dead animals

Question 7

omnivore

Answer 7

an animal that eats both plants and animals

Question 8

symbosis

Answer 8

a relationship between two kinds of organisims that lsat over time

Question 9

mutualisim

Answer 9

a relationship between two kinds of organisms that benefits both

Question 10

parasitism

Answer 10

a relationship in which one organism lives in or on another organisim and benefits from the relationship while the other organisim may be harmed by it

Question 11

commensailisim

Answer 11

a relationship between two kinds of organisms that benifits one without harming the other