Interactions of living things Flashcards
The study of the time the interactions of living organisms with one another and with their environment
ecology
living factors in the environment
biotic
nonliving part of the environment
abiotic
a group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific area
population
all the populations of species that live in the same habitat
community
a community of organisms and their antibiotic envrinment
ecosystem
the part of earth where life exists
biosphere
eats only plants
herbivore
eats animals
carnivore
eats both plants and animals
omnivore
the pathway that energy goes through
food chain
diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem
food web
the largest population that an environment can support at any giving 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 in close associate with each other
symbiosis
both species benefit
mutalism
one benefits the other is unaffected
commensalism
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
coevolution