Ecology Test Study Guide

the place where an organism lives and that provides the things it needs

a nonliving part of an ecosystem

<p>a living part of an ecosystem</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>the process in which organisms use water along with sunlight and carbon dioxide to make food</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>a group of organisms that are similar and reproduce fertile offspring</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>all the members of one species in a particular area</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>all the different populations that live together in an area</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>the study of how living things interact with each other and their environment</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>a group of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>an interaction in which one organism kills and eats another</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>the organism that does the killing in predation</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>an organism that is killed in predation</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>an organism's particular role in an ecosystem, or how it makes its living</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>process by which individuals that are better adapted to the environment are more likely to survive and reproduce than others</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>the behaviors and physical characteristics of species that allow them to live successfully in their environments</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>the struggle between organisms for the limited resources in a habitat</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>a relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>a relationship in which one organism lives on or inside another and harms it</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>the organism that benefits by living on or in a host in parasitism</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>the organism that a parasite lives in or on in parasitism</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>a relationship between two species in which both species benefit</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>an organism that can make its own food</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>an organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>consumers that eat only plants</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>consumers that eat only animals</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>a consumer that eats both plants and animals</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>a carnivore that feeds on the bodies of the dead</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>organisms that break down wastes and dead organisms and return raw materials to the environment</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>a series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>consists of the many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>diagram that shows the amount of energy from one feeding level to another in a food web</p> Signup and view all the answers