Levels of Organization
Any individual living thing
What is an Organism?
An organism that HUNTS other organisms for food
What is a Predator?
Anything that needs to eat to obtain energy
What is a Consumer?
The organism that harms another organism in a certain type of symbiotic relationship
What is a Parasite?
The place where an organism lives
What is a Habitat?
A group of organisms of the same type in one location
What is a Population?
Three types of relationships between organisms where at least one organism benefits.
What is Symbiosis?
An organism that only eats plants
What is an Herbivore?
The organism that is harmed in a parasitic symbiotic relationship
What is a Host?
The job or role of an organism
What is a niche?
All the living things in a specific location
What is a Community?
A relationship where at least one organism benefits and the other is harmed
What is Parasitism?
An organism that only eats other animals
What is a Carnivore?
Something that is alive (hint: do not pick organism!)
What is Biotic?
Any non-living thing (example: a rock)
What is Abiotic?
All the living and non-living things in one location
What is an Ecosystem?
A relationship where both organisms benefit
What is Mutualism?
An organism that eats plants AND animals
What is an Omnivore?
A series of steps where one organism eats another for energy
What is a Food Chain?
The largest number of organisms an ecosystem can support
What is Carrying Capacity?
A bunch of ecosystems in the same area
What is a Biome?
A relationship where one organism benefits and the other doesn't care
What is Commensalism?
An organism that only eats dead organisms
What is a Scavenger?
All the living things on Earth
What is Biosphere?
An biotic or abiotic factor that is so scarce, it restricts the number of organisms that can survive in an ecosystem
What is Limited Resource (Limiting Factor)?