Ecology Vocabulary

The study of the interactions that take place among organisms and their environment

• Ecosystem

• Ecology

• Symbiosis

• Organism

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Living things within an ecosystem

• Biotic

• Abiotic

• Biomes

• Habitat

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One of any living thing

• Ecosystem

• Ecology

• Symbiosis

• Organism

Place where an organism lives and that provides the types of food, shelter, moisture, and temperature needed for survival.

• Biotic

• Abiotic

• Biomes

• Habitat

Chain showing how energy passes from on organism to the next

• Energy Pyramid

• Food Web

• Food Chain

• Carrying Capacity

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Eat producers.

• Consumers

• Decomposer

• Omnivore

• Herbivore

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Any close relationship between species, including mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism.

• Ecosystem

• Ecology

• Symbiosis

• Organisms

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Animal that hunts and kills other animals for food. It is a consumer (carnivore or omnivore)

• Prey

• Niche

• Energy Flow

• Predator

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Largest number of individuals of a particular species that an ecosystem can support over time.

• Energy Pyramid

• Food Web

• Food Chain

• Carrying Capacity

Show the direction in which energy flows. As the amount of available energy decreases, the pyramid gets smaller.

• Energy Pyramid

• Food Web

• Food Chain

• Carrying Capacity

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