Ecology Vocabulary

Study of the interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment.

• Heterotroph

• Autotroph

• Ecology

• Astronomy

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Organism that can make its own food. Also called Producer.

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

• Food web

• Trophic level

Organism that relies on other organisms for its food. Also called Consumer.

• Autoroph

• Heterotroph

• Ecology

• Biological pyramid

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The position that an organism occupies in a food chain or web.

• Biological pyramid

• Trophic level

• Food web

• Ecology

Model that shows all possible feeding relationships at each trophic level in a community.

• Food chain

• Biological pyramid

• Heterotroph

• Food web

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Diagram that shows amounts of energy or matter at each trophic level.

• Cladogram

• Autotroph

• Biological pyramid

• Food pyramid

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All of the different populations in a given area interacting with each other.

• Biome

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

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A group of organisms of the same species in the same area.

• Population

• Niche

• Community

• Biome

The role that an organism fills within an ecosystem.

• Community

• Niche

• Habitat

• Ecosystem

An area where an organism lives — includes both biotic and abiotic factors.

• Habitat

• Niche

• Limiting Factors

• Symbiosis