Ecology Vocab
This type of organism does not need to eat other organisms
What is a producer or autotroph?
This gas is a product of photosynthesis
What is oxygen?
This type of biome is very cold and little to no vegetation
What is a tundra?
This type of organism eats primary consumers
What is a secondary consumer?
When two organism benefit from interacting with each other.
What is mutualism?
This term describes the following:
Hawks, snakes, and squirrels all living together
What is a community?
This type of energy is needed for plants to produce sugars
What is solar? (Sunlight)
This biome has very sparse vegetation, a warm and dry climate, and has organisms such as cactus and owls.
What is desert?
These type of organisms are herbivores
What is primary consumer?
This is the population growth given the following:
Population size: 200
Births: 7
Emigration:9
Immigration:10
Deaths: 2
What is 6?
These organisms eat both plants and animals
What is an omnivore?
This carbohydrate is a product of photosynthesis
What is glucose?
This type of biome is the largest in the world and has animals such as whales and fish
What is marine?
This type of organism has to eat other organisms
What is a heterotroph/consumer?
This type of relationship is shown when one organism is harmed while the other is benefiting
What is parasitism?
This term describes the following:
Water, Weather, Temperature, Climate
What is abiotic?
This organelle generates ATP for cells to use
What is the mitochondria?
This biome has the most biodiversity and is close to the equator
What is a tropical rainforest?
This term is used to describe an organisms place on a food web.
What is trophic level?
This is an abiotic factor that influences population growth
These 4 cycles are crucial to live on Earth
These three molecules are the products of cellular respiration
What is CO2, Water, and ATP?
This biome includes streams and lakes with organisms such as trout and algae.
What is freshwater?
In a food web, the arrow always points to this organism
This relationship is defined by one organism benefiting while the other is not affected.
What is commensalism?