An organism that makes their own food and creates all useable energy
What is an autotroph
An organism’s role in the environment
What is a niche
When both species benefit
What is mutualism
Large organic compounds
What are macromolecules
Carnivore, omnivore, herbivore, and decomposer
What is a consumer
The most common elements in living things
What is carbon
When one benefits and one is harmed
What is parasitism
What are the main types of macromolecules
Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins, Nucleic acids
Percent of energy lost between trophic levels
What is 90%
When the population levels off and birth rates and death rates become stable
What is carrying capacity
Where one species consumes another for energy
What is predation
Macromolecule(s) that contains only carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen (more than one macromolecule)
What are carbohydrates and lipids
Illustration showing interconnected food chains
What is a food web
Conversion of a solid into a gas with no liquid phase
What is sublimation
When one species benefits and the other is indifferent
What is commensalism
Lipids are made of these elements
What is Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus
All biotic and abiotic factors in a specific area
What is an ecosystem
The process by which water is transferred by transpiration from plants
What is evapotranspiration
The relationship between a cow and grass
What is predation (grazing)
What macromolecule is this
What is a lipid