Book 3 Chapter 1 Vocab Flashcards
The study of the interactions of living organisms with one another and with their environment.
Ecology
Describes living factors in the environment.
Biotic
Describes the nonliving part of the environment, including water, rocks, light, and temperature.
Abiotic
A group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area.
Population
All the populations of species that live in the same habitat and interact with each other.
Community
A community of organisms and their abiotic environment.
Ecosystem
The part of Earth where life exists.
Biosphere
An organism that eats only plants.
Herbivore
An organism that eats animals.
Carnivore
An organism that eats both plants and animals.
Omnivore
The pathway of energy transfer through various stages as a result of the feeding patterns of a series of organisms.
Food Chain
A diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem.
Food Web
A triangular diagram that shows an ecosystem’s loss of energy, which results as energy passes through the ecosystem’s food chain.
Energy Pyramid
The largest population that an environment can support at any given time.
Carrying Capacity.
An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism.
Prey
An organism that eats all or part of another organism.
Predator
A relationship in which two different organisms live in close association with each other.
Symbiosis
A relationship between two species in which both species benefit.
Mutualism
A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected,
Commenalism
A relationship between two species in which one species, the parasite, benefits from the other species, the host, which is harmed.
Parasitism
The evolution of two species that is due to mutual influence, often in a way that makes the relationship more beneficial to both species.
Coevolution
