Levels
the word that means living factors
Biotic
Gets energy by eating food not producing it.
consumer
used to help keep prey safe from predators, can be in 4 different categories
Adaptations
When a relationship benefits both parties
Mutualism
Describes how energy in an ecosystem flows from one organism to another.
food chain
Another word for one member of a species
Individual
Makes the food that animals need to live.
producer
Blending into the background is this type of physical adaptation
Camoflage
Two individuals fighting over resources
competition
All food chains begin with this
sun
Rocks, dirt, water, temperature, sunlight are examples of __________factors
abiotic
An animal that eats producers are called?
Herbivore
Stunk Spray is an example of this adaptation
Chemical
When one organism is helped, the other is unaffected
Commensalism
What the arrow in a food chain represents
Energy
all the living things found in an ecosystem.
community
What is an animal called that eats another animal for its energy?
Carnivore
the bright coloration on a poison dart frog is an example of a __________ adaptation
Physical
relationship where one organism is helped and the other is harmed
parasitic
Shows how food chains combine in an ecosystem.
food web
All members of the same type of organism in an ecosystem.
population
What is an animal called that eats plants ans animals?
Omnivore
Playing dead or traveling in a heard is this type of adaptation
Behavioral
in a parasitic relationship the species being harmed is referred to as the
host
The official name for the first level organisms that eat the producers.
Primary consumers
This is what we call the place where all the living and nonliving things interact
ecosystem
They break down decaying remains.
decomposer
Pretending to be something poisonous when you are in fact harmelss
Mimickery
One animal benefited, the other is eaten
Predation
What type of organism is at the bottom of a energy pyramid?
Plant or producer
A pride of lions is another name for a _______
Population
What is an animal called that eats the leftovers of dead animal carcuses?
Scavenger
Quills, spikes, hard shells, claws are this type of adaptation
Mechanical
the word used to describe relationships between species where one is benefited
symbiotic
The name for the organism at the very top of the food chain
Apex predator