Web of Life
The biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
Ecosystem
A symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit.
Mutualism
Organisms that convert solar energy into chemical energy through photosynthesis.
Producers
Organisms that break down dead organic matter and recycle nutrients.
Decomposers
The variety of species within a specific ecosystem or region.
Species biodiversity
The living components of an ecosystem, including plants, animals, fungi, and microorganisms.
Biotic factors
A relationship in which one organism benefits while the other is harmed.
Parasitism
A linear representation of energy transfer from one organism to another.
Food chain
Organisms that feed directly on producers.
Primary consumers
This large herbivore grazes on African savanna grasses and helps maintain plant diversity by preventing one species from dominating the ecosystem.
Zebra
The nonliving physical and chemical components of an ecosystem, such as temperature, water, and soil.
Abiotic factors
A relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.
Commensalism
A network of interconnected food chains within an ecosystem.
Food web
Organisms that feed on other consumers at higher trophic levels.
Secondary or tertiary consumers
This large rainforest mammal consumes fruit and disperses seeds over long distances, helping maintain plant diversity in tropical ecosystems.
Elephant
A graphical or mathematical representation used to predict how changes in one component of an ecosystem affect other components.
Ecological model
An interaction in which one organism hunts, kills, and consumes another organism.
A biological interaction in which organisms compete for limited resources.
Competition
Teacher Simmona's favorite Thai dish
Jok
This reef-dwelling predator feeds on sea urchins, preventing overgrazing of coral and helping maintain coral reef biodiversity.
Otter
What ecosystem has rising ocean temperatures cause coral bleaching, which reduces fish populations
coral reef/great barrier reef ecosystem
Bees collect nectar from flowers while transferring pollen that helps the plant reproduce.
Mutualism
A diagram that illustrates the relative energy available at each trophic level.
Energy pyramid
This is a hawk's primary food source
mouse
The protection, restoration, and sustainable management of ecosystems to maintain biodiversity.
Conservation