An organism that eats meat
Carnivore
An organism that uses sunlight to create its food
producer
any living thing that feeds on both plants and animals
omnivore
Air, water, and the Sun are all what kind of factors
abiotic factors
Does this ecosystem have Low or High Biodiversity?
High
an organism that eats another organism for food
consumer
any animal that feeds mainly on plants; plant-eater
herbivore
Which organisms make up the largest portion of the ecological pyramid?
producers
An association between two different species where one species enjoys a benefit, and the other is not significantly affected.
commensalism
What type of population growth is represented by this graph:

Logistic Growth
Animals ____________ for food, water, space, and mates.
compete
Plants use this process to turn light into chemical energy
photosynthesis
Food chains that are interconnected within a particular ecosystem makeup a:
food web
Many of the same species within a specific habitat...
population
What type of population growth is represented by this graph:

Exponential Growth
The living and nonliving things and the ways they interact in an environment (ex: redwood forest, swamp, Mojave Desert)
Ecosystem
Any living thing that feeds on the waste of dead bodies of other living things.
decomposer
Factors in an ecosystem that relate to living things are called...
biotic factors
All the different populations living in one place
Community
What type of competition is shown between the squirrel and birds?

Interspecific Competition
An association between two different species where one organism benefits and the other is harmed....
Parasitism
An organism that feeds on dead and decaying organisms
scavengers
What does biodiversity mean?
a variety of different species living in a particular area
In a Food Chain or Food Web, the arrow always points towards where the _______ is going.
Energy
What type of symbiotic relationship does this image show?

mutualism, both species benefit