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| all the living and nonliving things in an environment, includingthe interactions with each other |
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| the overlaping food chains in an ecosystem |
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| a diagram that shows the amount of energy available at each levl of an ecosystem |
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| the maximum population size that an area can support |
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| relationship between two kinds of organisms that benefits one without harming the other |
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| an adaptation in which an animal protects itself against predators by blending in withthe environment |
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all members of a single species
example - all the blue spruce trees in a forest |
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| all the living things in an ecosystem; plants, animals, bacteria, mold, protists and fungi |
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| the path that food and nutrients folow in an ecosystem |
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| an animal that hunts other animals for food |
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| organisms eaten by other animals |
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| any resource that restricts the growth of populations |
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| physical place where an organism lives and hunts for food |
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| special role that an organism plays in a community |
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| a relationship between two or more kinds of organisms that lasts over time |
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| symbiotic relationship that benefits both organisms(pollinator and flower - pollinaor gets nectar from the flower and the plant gets its pollen transported to the pistil of another flower.) |
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| symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed (example is a tick) |
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| characteristic that helps its organism survive in its environment |
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| type of camoflauge in which the color of an animal helps it blen in with its background |
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| matching the color, shape, and texture of its environment (example: walking stick) |
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| adaptation in which an animal is protected against predators by its resemblance to an unpleasant animal (example - the viceroy butterfly looks like the monarch butterfly) |
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