Ecosystem Basics
Energy in the Ecosystem
Species Interaction
100

where an organism lives

habitat 

100

biotic

living aspects of an environment

100

symbiosis

the relationship between organisms

200

population 

more than one organism of the same species

200

abiotic 

nonliving aspects of an environment

200

competition

different individuals attempt to use the same limited resources

300

a group of different species living together in a given space 

ecosystem

300

producer/autotroph

makes its own food (plants)

300

what are the two symbiotic relationships described as +/-

predation and parasitism

400

the Earth and all its biotic factors 

biosphere

400

consumer/heterotroph 

eats producers for energy

400

parasitism

organisms that live in or on another organism and feeds off of them

500

what are the 5 necessary components of an ecosystem?

energy, mineral nutrients, water, oxygen, and living organisms

500

food web

a section of a food web that show the transfer of energy between organisms

500

true or false - mutualism is a relationship where one species benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped 

false - a relationship where one species benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped is commensalism

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