An individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.
Organism
An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
Consumer
This is an example of what? (2 answers can be correct)
Consumer or Predator
A chain where organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten
Food chain
An organism that lives in or on another organism and derives nutrients from it.
Ex: Lice, ticks, or tapeworms
Parasite
Living things that make up an ecosystem.
Examples: animals, plants, and bacteria
Biotic factors
An organism that can make its own food
Producers
This is an example of what? (2 answers can be correct)
Producers or Autotrophs
The pattern of overlapping food chains among the various organisms in an ecosystem
Food web
An animal or plant in which a parasite lives.
Host
Non-living things that help sustain life in an ecosystem.
Examples: air, temperature, rocks
Abiotic factors
The organism that does the killing
Predator
This is an example of what?
Food Web
A diagram that shows the energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web
Energy (Food) pyramid
An organism deriving its nutritional requirements from organic substances (cannot make its own food)
Ex: animals
Heterotroph
All the organisms of one species
Population
An organisms that is killed & eaten by another organism
Prey
This is an example of what?
Food chain
The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with their nonliving environment
Ecosystem
An organism that is able to make its own food
Ex: plants, algae, and some bacteria
Autotrophs
All the different populations that live together in a particular area
Community
An organism that gets its energy by breaking down biotic wastes & dead organisms
Decomposer
This is an example of what?
Ecosystem
An environment that provides the things specific organisms need to live
Habitat
How an organism interacts with the biotic & abiotic factors in its habitat
Niche