| Term | Definition |
|---|
| organism | any living thing |
| biotic | living factors in an ecosystem |
| abiotic | nonliving factors in an ecosystem |
| habitat | provides food, shelter, and other resources that an organism needs to survive |
| individual | one single organism |
| community | all the interacting populations in a specified area |
| population | all the individuals of one kind in a specified area at one time |
| ecosystem | biotic and abiotic interactions in one specified location |
| decomposer | organisms that consume or eat dead organisms |
| producer | organism that uses photosynthesis to make its own food |
| consumer | organisms that eat other organisms |
| herbivores | organisms that eat only plants/producers |
| carnivores | organisms that eat only meat/consumers |
| omnivores | organisms that eat producers and meat/consumers |
| biosphere | the zone of Earth that includes all the living things on Earth |
| mutualism | a dependent relationship that benefits both organisms |
| parasitism | a relationship between 2 organisms in which one is benefited and the other is harmed |
| commensalism | a relationship between 2 organisms in which one is benefited and the other is not affected |
Combine with other sets
Share on Facebook
Share on MySpace