Ecology Vocab

Organism that makes it's own food through the energy it obtains from the sun.

Relationship in which one organism benefits and the host is harmed.

Organisms that obtain their energy by eating other organisms

A model that shows the energy loss between trophic levels in an ecosystem

What eats BOTH plants and animals?

What shows the flow of energy in one direction?

Bonus: If I have 330,000 Kcal of energy at the 1st trophic level, how many Kcal are at the 4th

In which symbiotic relationship do BOTH species benefit?

Bonus: Ecology is a science of ______

What kind of consumer is an herbivore?

Carnivores are __________

What shows the flow of energy in multiple directions?

Feeds on Primary Consumers

Populations in a community and the abiotic factors with which they interact

All living organisms inhabiting the Earth.

Representation of an object, system or process. This answer encompasses the other 3 choices

A relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is neither harmed nor helped.

All the living matter in a habitat, trophic level, or ecosystem

Describes the relationship between two organisms.

What type of organism only eats plants?

Refers to the nonliving parts of the environment

Bacteria and Fungi are what types of organisms?

Each feeding level in an ecosystem is called a _______