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| the study of relationships between different living organisms. |
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| an organism that eats producers or other organisms for energy. |
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| an organism that eats producers and/or consumers for energy. |
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| an organism that gets its food by breaking down the remains of dead organisms or plants and consumes or absorbs the nutrients. |
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| an organism that eats other consumers. |
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| an animal that is eaten by another animal. |
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| a community of organisms living in their environment. |
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| a structure or behavior that allows an organism to survive. |
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| it is the natural environment in which an organism lives. |
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| transforms the energy from the sun to make food. |
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| feeding connections (what eats what) in an ecological community. |
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| process by which organic material is broken down into simpler forms of matter |
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| organic matter that contains stored energy. |
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| a pyramid that shows how much energy transfers to the next level in a food chain. Less energy is available at the top of the pyramid vs large amounts at the bottom. |
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| path of energy from one organism to another in an ecosystem. |
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| organisms that eat plants and plant products. |
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| the number of different species of plants and animals in an area. |
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| a factor that limits the ability of a habitat to sustain a population. |
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| the maximum population size of the species that the environment can keep alive. |
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| an animal that hunts and eats other animals. |
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| organism that get their energy by feeding on producers. |
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| eats the animals that eat the plants. |
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| a bonded substance made of more than one element. |
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a compound that does not contain organic compounds (Cardon, Oxygen, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Phosphoruos, or sulfur.)
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| a compound that contains organic carbon and other atoms usually oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, phosphorus and/or sulfur. |
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| a chemical reaction during which plants convert energy from the sun into chemical energy, the reactions convert carbon dioxide and water to sugar. |
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| place in the leaf in which the process of photosynthesis takes place. |
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| pigment in the plant cell that absorbs sunlight and makes the plant leaves green. |
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| energy from the sun that reaches earth as visible and ultraviolet light and infrared radiation (heat). |
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| energy that is stored in a molecule. |
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| ball of hot gases that emit radiant energy toward the earth’s surface, some of this energy is in the form of light. |
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| a molecule with stored chemical energy that was converted from radiant energy during the photosynthetic reaction. |
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| required by organisms to survive, and comes either from sun(plants) or other organisms(animals). |
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| a pure substance composed of the same type of atoms throughout. IE: carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus. |
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