Vocabulary
An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce.
A habitat
These organisms produce energy through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis.
They are autotrophs
Two or more organisms of the same species.
A population
A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.
Commensalism
The organism that a parasite lives in or on in a parasitism interaction.
A host
Non-living factors in a community are called..
Abiotic factors
These organisms are herbivores, therefore they are called ______________ consumers.
Primary
Includes all of the area in which life is found on Earth.
Biosphere
A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is harmed.
Parasitism
A connection of multiple food chains within the ecosystem to identify multiple feeding patterns
A food web
Something that only eats plants
A herbivore
These organisms are typically at the top of the food chain. They are called ____________ consumers.
Tertiary
One individual
Organism
A relationship between two species in which both species benefit.
Mutualism
A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms.
A scavenger
An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms.
A decomposer
This is a way to show how energy in a food web is allocated. Usually there is a large base and a pointed top.
An energy pyramid
Two or populations of species.
A community
An interaction in which one organism kills another for food.
Predation
An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism.
Prey
A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy. Usually written on one line.
A food chain
What is the percentage of energy LOST as it moves from producer to primary consumer to secondary consumer?
90% energy lost
Includes all of the living and non-living things in an area.
An ecosystem
Two or more organisms competing for the same resource.
Competition
Study of the interactions of living things and their environment.
Ecology