Organism Relationships
Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 1
A living, once living, or once part of an organism in an ecosystem.
Biotic
An individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.
Organism
A non-living element in an ecosystem.
Abiotic
Eats only plants.
Herbivores
Provide an example of a predation relationship
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Makes their own food.
Producer
Biotic or abiotic environmental factor that restricts the growth of a population
Limiting factor
Gets energy from eating other organisms.
Consumer
Eats only meat.
Carnivores
A long-term relationship between two different kinds of organisms where one or both receive benefit
Symbiosis
An animal that is hunted and killed by another for food.
Prey
When more than one individual or population in an ecosystem relies on the same limited resources
Competition
An animal that naturally preys on others.
Predator
Eats both plants and meat.
Omnivores
Provide a relationship of mutualism.
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Recycles dead organisms into chemical nutrients used in soil, air, and water.
Decomposer
A community of living organisms in conjunction with non-living components of their environment (things like air, water, and mineral soil), interacting as a system.
Ecosystem
An animal or plant on or in which a parasite lives.
Host
If pollinators didn't exist would that harm or benefit the ecosystem?
A relationship between organisms of different species where one organism benefits at the expense of the other
Parasitism
A relationship between organisms or species that is helpful to both
Mutualism
An interaction between organisms or species that is helpful to one but neither helpful nor harmful to the other
Commensalism
An organism that lives in or on another organism and benefits by deriving nutrients at the host's expense.
Parasite
Food Web
group of interacting individuals of the same species located in the same area
A population