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8-science
ecology vocab
Question | Answer |
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producer | organisms that make their own food by performing photosynthesis |
consumer | don't make their own food, they eat other organisms |
prey | the organism that is hunted and eaten by another organism |
parasite | an organism that lives on and harms a host organism |
host | the organism that is harmed by a parasite |
symbiosis | a relationship in which two organisms of different species live together for a period of time |
predation | one animal kills and eats the other animal |
parasitism | a symbiotic relationship where one organism is helped while the other is harmed |
secondary consumer | animals that eat other animals that ate plants |
herbivore | animal that eats plants |
omnivore | eats both plants and animals |
carnivore | eat only other animals |
ecosystem | a community, its habitat, and all the relations within that habitat |
niche | a particular role a species has |
commensalism | two species interacting when one species is benefited while the other is unaffected |
mutulism | two species interacting and both benefit |
carry capacity | the maximum number of organisms the resources of an economy can support |
abiotic | non-living factors that affect the ability of organisms to survive |
biotic | living things or their materials that directly or indirectly affect an organism in its environment |
limiting factors | factors that determine the types and numbers of organisms of a species in an ecosystem |
population | number of individuals of one species in a community |
competition | a relationship where two types of organisms compete for the same resources such as food, water, and shelter |
community | all the plants and animals that live in the same habitat |
organism | a single living thing, that is able to grow or reproduce |
energy pyramid | a pyramid that shows the organisms of different trophic levels |