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An organism that produces its own food |
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A living organism that lives by eating other organisms |
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A community of organisms and their environment |
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Organisms that break down dead organisms |
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Organisms that hunt and feed on other organisms |
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Organisms that are eaten or consumed by other organism |
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An organism that (often unknowingly) shelters a parasite |
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An organism that shelters on or in another organism at the organisms expense |
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A relationship of two different organisms in which only one of the organism benefits |
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Symbiosis/Symbiotic Relationship |
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Nonliving parts of an ecosystem such as light, temperature, weather, soil and water |
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Living parts of an ecosystem |
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All the organisms of a species that live in the same place at the same time |
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All of the populations that live in an area at the same time |
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Place where an organism lives |
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A large group of ecosystems that have similar climates and organisms |
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An animal that eats mainly producers |
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A consumer that eats mainly other animals |
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A consumer that eats both producers and other consumers |
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A carnivore that feeds on other animals that are already dead or been killed |
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Shows the energy flow from one organism to the next |
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Shows the interconnected food chains in an ecosystem |
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The representation of the decrease in energy from level to level |
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The name associated with each level in an ecosystem |
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