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Food Web/Chain
100
living parts of the environment
biotic factors
100
eats mostly plants
herbivore
100
any type of animal that hunts another
predator
100
grows in warm shallow clear waters and are made up of tiny skeletons called coral
coral reef
100
what is the organisms are on the biggest level of the energy pyramid
producer
200
the study of how organisms interact with one another and the environment
Ecology
200
eats mostly meat
carnivore
200
relationship when one organism benefits and one is harmed
parasitism
200
area where fresh water mixes with salt water
estuary
200
omnivores are omnivores that eat dead plants and animals
scavengers
300
nonliving parts of the environment
Abiotic factor
300
eats meat and plants
omnivore
300
relationship when both organisms benefit
mutualism
300
a species that was brought into an area by human action
introduced species
300
what type of organisms get their energy from producers
primary consumers
400
organisms that are related and can mate and produce fertile offspring
species
400
organisms that uses sunlight to make its own food
producer
400
relationship when one organism benefits and the other is unaffected
commensalism
400
environmental factor that keeps a population from reaching its full potential
limiting factor
400
what do the arrows on a food web indicate
energy flow
500
community of organisms and their nonliving environment
ecosystem
500
organisms that get energy and nutrients by breaking down other organisms and returns them back into the soil
decomposer
500
fighting for limited resources
competition
500
species that naturally live in an ecosystem
native species
500
what are food webs that include food chains that begin on land and some that begin in the water
Global Food Web