Ecosystems

all the species that live in the same ecosystem at the same time

• niche

• symbiosis

• community

• population

the place within an ecosystem where an organism lives

• habitat

• community

• food chain

• commensalism

what a species does in its habitat to survive

• symbiosis

• habitat

• producer

• niche

an organism that gets energy such as sunlight from the environment and makes its own food

• consumer

• producer

• omnivore

• carnivore

an organism that gets energy by eating other organisms

• consumer

• producer

• community

• commensalism

a way of showing how energy moves through a community

• food chain

• prey

• predator

• mutualism

an animal that hunts other animals for food

• predator

• prey

• symbiosis

• niche

an animal that is hunted

• predator

• prey

• symbiosis

• niche

a close relationship between two species that involves an exchange of energy

• habitat

• symbiosis

• population

• carnivore

a symbiotic relationship in which both partners benefit

• niche

• consumer

• commensalism

• mutualism