Levels of Organization
First level of organization (a living thing)
organism
An organism that only eats plants (both names)
primary consumer / Herbivore
An organism that makes its own food
producer
organisms that are the same DNA and can reproduce with each other
species
shows how a series of events lead to energy transfers when one organism eats another and gets eaten by something else
food chain
2nd level (the amount of a specific species in an area )
Population
A diagram that shows how energy moves up trophic levels
Energy pyramid
Organism that gets energy from eating other organisms
consumer
Study of how organisms interact with their environment
ecology
an organism that gets energy from eating other animals only
carnivore
3rd level of organization ( different populations that live together)
community
A consumer that eats other animals
Secondary consumer
eats both plants and animals
omnivore
Living factors in an ecosystem
biotic factors
Give 1 predator adaptation and 1 prey adaptation
Teacher discretion
4th level (the living and nonliving things in an environment)
ecosystem
Multiple food chains that overlap to show the feeding patterns in an ecosystem
food web
gets energy by breaking down biotic waste
decomposer
nonliving factors
abiotic
The maximum amount an ecosystem can hold of a species
carrying capacity
Biggest of the levels and includes all ecosystems on the planet
biosphere
Another name for an apex predator
tertiary consumer
eats dead bodies for energy
scavenger
Where a organism lives that provides its specific needs
habitat
The reasons and ecosystem has a carrying capacity (ways that it will run out of resources)
Limiting factors