Ecology Flashcards
All living things depend on eachother for survival…
Interdependence
Ecology is…
The study of how organisms interact with eachother and their environment.
All the factors in an organisms surroundings that affect it is called an
Environment
Ecosystems are…
Living things (biotic) interacting with each other and their non-living surroundings (abiotic)
Physical surroundings
Living organisms
Biotic and Abiotic factors
Are…
The 3 main components of an ecosystem
Cold blooded animals that body temperature depends on the environment are called…
Ectothermic
Organisms that generate their own heat internally are called…
Endothermic
Living things in an ecosystem form a…
Community
Competition is when…
2 species compete for resources
Predation is…
When one organism kills and eats the other
Mutualism is when…
2 organisms live closely together and both benefit
Parasitism is when…
One organism lives on another and feeds off of it
When 1 organism benefits and the other is unaffected it is called…
Commensalism.
Consumers require…
A ready made source of food
