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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ecology- | The study of the interactions of living organisms with one another and with their environment. |
| Biotic | describes living factors in the environment. |
| Abiotic | describes the nonliving part of the environment including water rocks light and temperature |
| Population | a group of organisms of the same species that live in the geographical area. |
| Community | all the populations of species that live in the same habitat. |
| ecosystem | a community of organisms and their abiotic environment |
| biosphere | the part of earth were life exists. |
| hebivore | An organism that eats only plants |
| carnivore | and organism that eats animals |
| omnivore | An organism that eats plants and animals |
| food chain | the pathway of energy transfer through various stages |
| food web | a diagram that shows the feeding relationship between organism in the ecosystem |
| carrying capacity | the largest population that an environment can support at one time . |
| prey | at organism that is killed by another organism |
| predator | an organism that eats all or part of another organism |