Who Eats Who - Yr 9

Name:
1. Species exist in an ecosystem within a specic niche. There are three essential parts of a niche that an
organism needs. What are they?
2. Provide a denition for the following terms:
Herbivore:
Carnivore:
Omnivore:
Detritivore:
Decomposer:
4. List three examples of predator-prey relationships that you have seen today.
3. Choose a food chain from one of the worlds you saw today and complete the following table.
WORLD CHOSEN:
TYPE OF ORGANISM
(EG: HERBIVORE, CARNIVORE, OMNIVORE,
DETRITIVORE, PRODUCER, CONSUMER)
EXAMPLES OF
ANIMALS SEEN TODAY
FIRST
TROPHIC LEVEL
SECOND
TROPHIC LEVEL
THIRD
TROPHIC LEVEL
FOURTH
TROPHIC LEVEL
5. Construct a ow chart that demonstrates the relationship between producers, consumers and decomposers.
6. What is a symbiotic relationship?
7. Complete the table below to compare commensalism, mutualism and parasitism, using examples you have
seen today at the Aquarium.
8. Suggest adaptations that may assist predators obtaining food and prey avoiding being eaten.
COMMENSALISM MUTUALISM PARASITISM
ADAPTATIONS TO FIND FOOD ADAPTATIONS TO AVOID BEING EATEN