Types of organisms
A type of organism that makes it's own food
Producer
Type of consumer that eats other animals
Carnivore
The sector that every food chain starts with
Producer/Plants
Type of relationship that benefits one organism and harms the other
Parasitism
All living things in an ecosystem
Biotic
A type of organism that has to eat other things, does NOT make it's own food.
Consumer
Type of consumer that eats plants only
Herbivore
The nutrient every ecosystem begins with
Sunlight
Type of relationship that benefits both or all organisms involved
Mutualism
Something that prohibits a population from growing within an ecosystem
Limiting Factor
Another term for producers, makes their own food
Autotrough
Type of consumer that breaks down dead things
Decomposer
This sector within food chains eat the producers
Primary Consumers
Type of relationship that benefits one organism and does not affect the other at all
Commensalism
Where an organism lives
Habitat
Another word for consumer, has to eat other different things in order to survive
Heterotrough
Type of consumer that eats both plants and animals
Omnivore
This sector within food chains eats the primary consumers
Secondary Consumers
A tick on a dog is a _______________ relationship
Parasitic
All of the living and nonliving things within an area
a simple list of animals and who/what they eat in order
A type of organism that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms. HINT (they FIND their food)
Scavengers
This sector of the food chain is at the very top and has no predators
A bee pollenating a flower, while also eating from it, is an example of a __________________ relationship.
Mutual/Mutualistic
A group of the same species within an area