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
Ecosystems in rivers, streams, or ponds.
Makes their own food.
Producer
A group of individuals of the same species inhabiting the same area.
Population
Gets energy from eating other organisms.
Consumer
Eats only meat.
Carnivores
Ecosystems in salt water.
Marine ecosystems
An animal that is hunted and killed by another for food.
Prey
An interacting group of various species in a common location.
Community
An animal that naturally preys on others.
Predator
Eats both plants and meat.
Omnivores
Ecosystems on land.
Terrestrial ecosystems.
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
Eats bodies of dead organisms.
Scavengers
Primary consumers eat these.
Producers
Graphical model of energy flow in a community.
Energy Pyramid
Niche
An organism that lives in or on another organism and benefits by deriving nutrients at the host's expense.
Parasite
Food Web
An animal that is not normally hunted and killed by another for food.
Apex predator