Organism Relationship Flashcards
producer
makes their own food
consumer
gets energy from eating other organism
predator
animal that naturally preys on others
prey
animal that is hunted and killed by another for food
parasite
organism that lives in or on another organism and benefits by deriving nutrients at the hots expense
host
animal or plant on or in which a parasite lives
food webs
network of food chains by which energy and nutrients are passed on from one living organism to another
marine ecosystem
salt water
fresh water ecosystem
an ecosystem on river, stream or pond
trophic levels
position occupied by it in a food chain
terrestrial ecosystems
ecosystem on land
organism
individual animal, plant, or single celled life form
herbivore
eats only plants
omnivore
eats both plants and meat
photosynthesis
process by which plants turn water, sunlight, and CO2 into water, oxygen and simple sugars
ecosystem
a community of living organism in conjunction with the nonliving components of their environment interacting as a system.
plankton
producer
algae
producer
population
a group of individuals of the same species inhabiting the same area
community
an interacting group of various species in a common location
niche
a habitat supplying the necessary factors for existence
decomposer
recycle dead organisms into chemical nutrients used in soil, air, water