Vocabulary Part I
________________ consists of all living organisms and their environment in a certain section of the Earth.
An _____________ is each living member of an ecosystem.
Individual
A _____________ is the transfer of energy and nutrients through a community.
Food chain
______________ are any special characteristics or skills that help a living thing survive in its environment.
Adaptations
___________ occurs when two species interact with each other over a long period of time.
Symbiosis
_________________ or a place to live.
Habitat
______________ can change energy from the sun into a form that other organisms can use.
Producers
Any animal that hunts and eats other animals is called a ___________.
Predator
A plant that catches and makes its own food.
Venus fly trap
__________ is any organism that lives on or inside another organism and takes food from them.
A parasite
______________ is an organism's specific function or job in the ecosystem.
Niche
_________________ are living things that rely on producers for food.
Consumers
A _____________ consists of several food chains linked together.
Food web
______________ is when a whole group of animals leaves one ecosystem and moves to another.
Migration
The plant or animal that a parasite lives on or in is called its ___________.
Host
Community
___________________ help break down dead things and wastes.
Decomposers
_______________ occurs when two or more organisms are trying to us the same resources.
Competition
Some animals don't need food during the winter. They sleep through winter and wake up in the spring. What is this sleep called?
Hibernation
The type symbiosis that benefits both partners.
Mutualism
A ___________ consists of all the organisms of the SAME species that live in an ecosystem.
Population
_______________eats things that have already died.
Scavengers
Animals that are hunted by predators are called ________________.
Prey
____________ are tiny pores in the leaves of plants that allow water and air to move in and out of the plant.
A stomata
A relationship that benefits one partner but does not help or harm the other partner.
Commensalism