Parasitism
Published on Nov 30, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
HABITAT
- The natural environment of an animal
- The habitat of fish is water
POPULATION
- The sum of all the members of a species in an area
- Population of beavers in CA is 140,000,000
NICHE
- A niche is the space in the enviornment that an organism fills
- Some predators attack by running for long periods of time and others sneak up on their prey
COMMENSALISM
- an association between two organisms where one benefits and the other isn't helped or hurt
- Sharks and remora
CARRYING CAPACITY
- The maximum amount of animals an environment can support
- The deer by the Grand Canyon exceeded their carrying capacity and many died
HERBIVORE
- An animal that only eats plants
- A deer is a herbivore
HETEROTROPH
- An organism which uses organic carbon to grow cells
- All animals are heterotroph
PRODUCER
- A producer is a plant usually which produces food for consumers
- Any plant which can be eaten
FOOD CHAIN
- The chain which shows who eats who
- Humans are on top of the food chain of the earth
CARNIVORE
- A carnivore is an animal which feeds on other animals only.
- A lion is a carnivore
