Ecology Vocabulary- STAAR Review

Land environment

A negative effect on water, air, soil, etc.

Any organism that consumes another organism for energy. (ALL animals)

Organism that eats only plants

The area in which something exists or lives

An ocean environment with organisms that can survive in saltwater

The development of an ecosystem from bare rock to a climax community

A living thing made of at least 1 cell

All the living and non-living things in an area 

An organism that makes its own food (only plants)

Water that is underground (ex: aquifer)

Water environment in streams, lakes, rivers and ponds. Water sources that do not have saltwater

Humans remove fish from the ocean faster than they can reproduce

An organism that eats other consumers

Organism that eats both plants and meat 

An organism that gets eaten by other consumers

A diagramthat shows the energy shared at each level of the food chain/web

The ability of an ecosystem to maintain or survive

A small ecosystem that exits on its own (ex: under a rock, vegetable garden)

The number of different life forms in an ecosystem.

Environmental change that occurs quickly and effects organisms immediately

An organism that feeds on tissue or fluids of another organism

All the organisms of the same species that live in the same area at the same time

An organism that breaks down dead organisms and waste and turns them into soil 

Water that is on the surface of land (ex: rivers, lakes)

An organism that supports a parasite

Intersecting food chains

Man-made reefs that can support food webs that allow fish to re-populate

A carnivore that feeds on dead organisms

All of things in an ecosystem that are alive or have been alive

Supplies needed for an organism to survive

A feature that can be inherited genetically or physically changed by the organism

Water that moves over the surface of land after rain or other precipitation

Organism that eats only meat 

Diagram used for identifying organisms that is made up of paired descriptions to choose between

A simple diagram showing the flow of energy from one organism to the next.

The things in an ecosystem that have never been alive: water, rocks, wind, sun, clouds, etc.

An area with elevated sides, all the water in this area flows to the same outlet

Organisms rely on each other to survive

Environmental change that occurs slowly over time and effects organisms over generations