EOG Vocabulary Review 2

a symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is not affected

• Commensalism
• Mutualism
• Parasitism

the amount of organisms an environment can sustain

• SWATS
• Carrying Capacity
• Space

an organism that does not make its own food and gets energy from others

• Autotroph
• Plants
• Heterotroph
• Consumers

the process of carbon moving around the air, ground, plants and animals

• Nitrogen Cycle
• Carbon Cycle
• Water Cycle

the nonliving factors of an ecosystem

• Biotic factors
• Abiotic factors
• Food chain

a symbiotic relationship where both species benefit

• Mutualism
• Coexistence
• Commensalism

when oxygen combines with a compound resulting in a loss of electrons

• Oxidation
• Nitrate fixation
• Niche

interaction between two organisms that live in a close association

• Species
• Food Chain
• Food web
• Symbiosis

the study of the relationships of organisms

• Ecology
• Biotechnology
• Palenontology

an organism's role in an environment

• Niche
• Consumer
• Food chain
• Producer