Call Og Flashcards
Pray
An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
Biosphere
The part of earth where life exists
Carrying capacity
The largest a population that an environment can support at any given time
Biotic
Describes a living factors in the environment
Commensalism
A relationship between two organisms which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected
Omnivore
An organism that eats both plants and animals
Ecology
The study of the interactions of living organisms with one another and their environment
Limiting factor
A resource that is so scarce limits the size of a population
Ecosystem
A community of organisms and their abiotic, nonliving, environment
Competition
When two or more individuals or populations tried to use the same resource
Population
Organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area
Energy PYramid
Triangular diagram that shows an ecosystem loss of energy, which results as energy passes through the ecosystems food chain
Community
On the populations of species that live in the same habitat and interact with each other
Symbiosis
A relationship in which two different organisms live in close association with each other
Food web
A diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem him
Food chain
The pathway of energy transfer through various stages as a result of the feeding patterns of a series of organisms
Scavengers
Omnivores that eat dead plants and animals
Abiotic
Describes the nonliving part of the environment
Parasitism
A relationship between two species in which one species, the parasite, benefits from the other species, the host, which is harmed
Consumer
Organisms that eat other organisms
Herbivore
An organism that only eats plants
Carnivore
And organism that eats animals
Producer
Organisms that use sunlight directly to make food
