vocabulary
An environment that provides things and organism needs to live , grow, and reproduce
what is a habitat?
these organisms produce energy through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis
what are autotrophs ?
Two or more organisms of the same species
what is a population ?
A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
what is commensalism?
The organism that a parasite lives in or on in a parasitism interaction
what is a host?
Non living in a community are called..
what is abiotic factors?
These organisms are herbivores therefore they are called… consumers(
what is primary ?
Includes all of the area in which life is found on earth
what is a biosphere ?
A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is harmed
what is parasitism?
A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms
what is a scavenger?
Something that only eats plants
what is a herbivore?
These organisms are typically at the top of the food chain they are called ...consumers
what is tertiary ?
one individual
what is a organism?
A relationship between two species in which both species benefit
what is mutualism?
An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
what is prey?
An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms
what is 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
what is a energy pyramid ?
Two or populations of specie
what is a community?
An interaction in which one organism kills another for food
what is predation?
Study of the interactions of living things and their environment
what is ecology ?
A seriies of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy. Usually written on one line
what is a food chain ?
What is the percentage of energy lost as it moves from producer to primary to secondary consumer
what is 90 percent?
Includes all of the living and non living things in an area
what is a ecosystem?
Two or more organisms competing for the same re source
what is competition ?