Levels of Organization
A living thing
What is organism?
A physical change to an organisms body
What is structural adaptations?
A diagram that shows the interconnected feeding relationships in an ecosystem.
What is food chain?
This type of symbiotic relationship benefits one species while having no significant effect on the other species.
What is commensalism?
A series of interconnected food chains
What is a food web?
A group of the same species
What is population?
A change in an organism actions to better help it survive
What is behavioral adaptation?
These organisms are at the base of every food chain or food web and produce their own food through photosynthesis.
What are producers?
This type of relationship occurs when two different species compete for the same limited resources in an ecosystem.
What is competition?
The study of the interactions of organism and their environment
What is ecology?
The smallest level of organization
What is organism?
All energy on earth comes from
What is the sun?
This percentage of energy is typically transferred from one trophic level to the next in an energy pyramid.
What is 10%?
In this type of symbiotic relationship, one organism benefits while the other is harmed.
What is parasitism?
This term refers to the role and position a species has in its environment, including its interactions with other species.
What is niche?
The largest level of organization
What is biosphere?
Process that creates energy for producers
What is photosynthesis?
Organisms that feed at this trophic level are known as secondary consumers.
What are secondary consumers?
This interaction involves one organism hunting and consuming another organism for food.
What is predation?
the natural home or environment of an organism
What is habitat?
All the living and nonliving factors in an area interacting with each other
What is an ecosystem?
Rocks, Weather, Sunlight
What are abiotic factors?
Organisms that only eat plants in a food chain belong to this category.
What are herbivores?
In this type of symbiotic relationship, both species benefit from the interaction.
What is mutalism?
an inherited trait or characteristic that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment
What is adaptation?