Vocabulary
Food Chains & Webs
Ecosystem Levels
Community Interactions
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100

All members of a species living in a specific area

What is a population?

100
These organisms produce energy through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis.
What are autotrophs?
100

A group of organisms able to reproduce to create viable, fertile offspring

What is a species?

100
A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.
What is commensalism?
100
The organism that a parasite lives in or on in a parasitism interaction.
What is a host?
200
Non-living factors in a community are called..
What is abiotic factors?
200
These organisms are herbivores, therefore they are called ______________ consumers.
What is primary?
200
Includes all of the area in which life is found on Earth.
What is the biosphere?
200
A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is harmed.
What is parasitism?
200
Survivorship curve in which parents invest a lot of energy into a few offspring at a time and most individuals survive to adulthood.

What is type 1?

300

Something that only eats producers

What is an herbivore?

300

These organisms are typically carnivores that eat herbivores. They are called ____________ consumers.

What is secondary?

300
all of the populations living in a defined area

What is a community?

300
A relationship between two species in which both species benefit.
What is mutualism?
300
A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms.
What is a scavenger?
400
An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms.
What is a decomposer?
400

These species produce many small offspring but put little energy into each.

What are r-selected strategists?

400

Examples include a desert or a tropical rainforest

What is a biome?

400
An interaction in which one organism kills another for food.
What is predation?
400
An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism.
What is prey?
500
A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy. Usually written on one line.
What is a food chain?
500

What is the percentage of energy LOST as it moves from producer to primary consumer?

What is 90%?

500
Includes all of the living and non-living things in an area.
What is an ecosystem?
500
Two or more organisms competing for the same resource.
What is competition?
500

Survivorship curve in which organisms produce many offspring but most die quickly.

What is type 3?

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