Ecological Organization
Vocabulary
What organisms eat 1
What organisms eat 2
Ecological Interactions
100

The part of earth that supports life. 

Biosphere 

100

An organism that is dying out and is in danger of going extinct

What is an Endangered Species

100

Organisms that cannot make their own energy

Consumers 

100
Organism will compete always for 

FOOD

TERRITORY

WATER 

100

Any close relationship between species 

Symbiosis 

200

The place in which an organism lives 

Habitat 

200

Anything that restricts the number of individuals in a population 

Limiting factor 

200

Organisms that use an outside energy source, such as the sun, to make energy-rich molecules 

Producers 

200

What type of consumer is a gazelle?

Herbivore

200

A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit 

Mutualism 
300

All the organism in an ecosystem that belong to the same species 

Population 

300

The largest number of individuals of one species that and ecosystem can support over time 

Carrying capacity 

300

An organism that breaks down their food

What is a decomposer

300

What type of consumer is a vulture?

Detrivore

300

A symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is not affected 

Commensalism 

400

All the populations in an ecosystem 

Community 

400

How an organism survives, including its habitat, how it obtains food and shelter, and how it avoids danger. 

Niche 

400

An organism whos main diet contains the flesh of other organisms?

What is a carnivore

400

What type of consumer is an earthworm?

Decomposer

400

A symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits but the other is harmed 

Parasitism 

500

All the organisms living in an area and the nonliving features of their environment 

Ecosystem 

500

the basic structure of interaction in all biological communities characterized by the manner in which food energy is passed from one trophic level to the next along the food chain.

What is a trophic pyramid

500

An organism that eats dead or decaying organisms

What is a Detrivore
500

A bear is what type of consumer

Omnivore

500

In a tropical rainforest, orchids grow on the branches of large trees to access sunlight. The orchids use the trees as a physical support, allowing them to thrive high above the forest floor where light is more abundant. However, the tree is neither harmed nor benefited by the presence of the orchids. 

What relationship is this?

Commensalism

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