Vocab Flashcards
Environment
All of the living and non living things with which an organism may interact
Ecology
The study of the relationships and interactions of living things with one another in their environment
Ecosystem
All of the living and non living things * in a giving area* that interact with one an other
Community
The living part of any ecosystem all the different organisms that live together
Population
A group organisms of the same type
Species
Group of similar organisms
Habitat
The place in which an organism lives
Producer
The source of all food in an ecosystem producers are able to use sunlight to turn simple raw materials into food
Consumer
An organism that feeds directly or indirectly on producers
Decomposer
Break down dead organisms
Food chain
A series of events in which food and energy are transferred
Food web
A group of food chains interconnected
Competition
The struggle amount living things
Predator
Organism that kills and eats other organisms
Prey
The organisms that are killed by other organisms
Symbiosis
Relationship in which an organism lives on
Niche
Role of an organism in its community
Commensalism
Type of symbiosis it benefits and the other one isn’t effected
Mutualism
Relationship which one organism benefits and the other one does to
Parasitism
Relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed
Parasite
Organism that feeds on other living organisms
Host
Loved on another organism
Autotroph
Organisms that use energy
Heterotroph
Organism that must consume energy
