Unit 6: Flow of Energy Vocabulary Quiz

Study of the interactions that take place among organisms and their environment

• Ecology

• Ecosystem

• Organism

• Symbiosis

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Living things within an ecosystem

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Organism

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ONE of any living thing

• Organism

• Producer

• Biotic

• Omnivore

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

• Habitat

• Ecosystem

• Population

• Community

Chain showing how energy passes from one organism to the next

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Energy Pyramid

• Chain

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Eats ONLY producers

• Omnivore

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

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

• Relationship

• Symbosis

• Niche

• Prey

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

• Carnivore

• Predator

• Prey

• Omnivore

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

• Carrying Capacity

• Limiting Factors

• Population

• Ecosystemu

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Non living parts of an ecosystem

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Decomposer

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