Question | Answer |
biotic community | all the living organisms in a community |
carnivore | organism that eats only animals |
circadian | rhythms occuring in a 24hr rhythm |
consumer | organism that uses food made by other organisms |
cyclic | reoccuring in cycles |
decomposer | organism that breaks down dead organisms and returns this material to the soil |
detrivore | organism that consumes detritus |
ecological pyramid | a triangle-shaped illustration that is divided into layers to show energy relationships in an organism |
ecology | the study of relationships between organisms and their physical environment |
ecosystem | a limited area in which living and nonliving things interact |
food chain | a passing of materials and energy from one organism to another |
food web | a method of illustrating the interrelationships between food chains in an ecosystem |
habitat | place where an organism lives |
herbivore | an organism who eats only plants |
niche | role or function of an organism in its environment |
omnivore | organism that eats both plants and animals |
physical environment | all the nonliving factors in its environment |
producer | organism that makes it own food |
seasonal | rhythms that take place over a years time |
important part of the biotic community; Gods steward to the environment | YOU |
an animal that eats another animal | predator |
an animal that is eaten by another animal | prey |
the relationship between two organisms that are using the same factor in the environment | competition |
the relationship in which one organism is benefited and the other organism is not helped or hurt | commensalism |
the type of organism that does not live with others of its species | independant |
the type of organism that does live with others of its species | social |
an organism that eats dead decaying bodies | scavenger |
a word that means used over and over again | cyclic |
a plant that grows on another plant but does not recieve nourishment from the plant it grows on | epiphyte |
a group of birds | flock |
the relationship in which both organisms are benefitted | mutualism |
a way to describe organisms that look like their surroundings | camoflage |
bright colors or markings on an organism that advertise an organisms presense | warning coloration |
a relationship in which an organism appears very similar to another organism | mimicry |
an organism that feeds off another living organism | parasite |
a living organism that supplies materials to another organism | host |