Organism Relationships in Ecosystems

A community of living organisms in conjunction with the nonliving components of their environment (things like air, water, and mineral soil), interacting as a system.

• ecosystem

• community

• population

• niche

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A group of individuals of the same species inhabiting the same area.

• ecosystem

• population

• community

• niche

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An interacting group of various species in a common location.

• Ecosystem

• population

• community

• niche

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An individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.

• ecosystem

• niche

• population

• organism

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Describes an organism's behavior as well as the habitat and resources it needs to survive.

• ecosystem

• population

• niche

• community

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An organism that can make its own food through photosynthesis.

• consumer

• producer

• decomposer

• apex predator

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An organism that cannot make its own food and must get energy from eating other organisms.

• consumer

• producer

• decomposer

• William the Worm

An organism that feeds off of dead or decomposing organic matter. They recycle dead organisms into chemical nutrients used in soil, air, and water.

• consumer

• apex predator

• decomposer

• producer

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A symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit from the interaction.

• symbiotic mutualism

• symbiotic commensalism

• symbiotic parasitism

• Simba and Communism

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A symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other organism is unaffected by the interaction.

• symbiotic mutalism

• symbiotic commensalism

• symbiotic parasitism

• competition

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