Question

ecology vocabulary:
name:
interactions within the environment
use the reading to match the vocabulary term with the appropriate definition.

1. : study of the interactions that take place among organisms and their environment
2. : living things within an ecosystem
3. : one of any living thing
4. : place where an organism lives and that provides the types of food, shelter,

moisture, and temperature needed for survival

1. : chain showing how energy passes from one organism to the next
2. : eat producers
3. : any close relationship between species, including mutualism, commensalism, and

parasitism.

1. : animal that hunts and kills other animals for food. a predator is a consumer

carnivore or omnivore

1. : largest number of individuals of a particular species that an ecosystem can support

over time

1. : non - living parts of ecosystem - air/water/soil/sun
2. : all the living organisms that live in an area and the nonliving features of their

environment

1. : large geographic areas with similar climates and ecosystems. includes: tundra,

desert, tropical rainforest, temperate rainforest, grassland, arctic tundra, temperate deciduous forest

1. : in an ecosystem, refers to the unique ways an organism survives, obtains food and

shelter, and avoids danger

1. : anything that can limit the size of a population, including living and nonliving

features of an ecosystem, such as predators or drought

1. : shows the direction in which energy flows. as the amount of available energy

decreases, the pyramid gets smaller. each layer on a pyramid is called a
level.

1. : through an ecosystem – the transfer of energy from one organism to another

through food webs.

1. : organism that makes its own food, autotroph.
2. : organism that cannot make own food, a heterotroph
3. : consume wastes and dead organisms
4. : complex network of many interconnected food chains and feeding relationships
5. : an animal that is hunted and caught for food. prey is a consumer; it may be

herbivore, omnivore, or carnivore.

1. : eat herbivores, omnivores, or other carnivores
2. : eat producers and consumers

Explanation:

1. Ecology is the study of organism - environment interactions.
2. Organisms are living things in an ecosystem.
3. An organism is any living entity.
4. Habitat is where an organism lives with survival needs.
5. Food chain shows energy transfer.
6. Herbivores eat producers.
7. Symbiosis is close species relationships.
8. Predator hunts other animals.
9. Carrying capacity is max species support.
10. Abiotic are non - living ecosystem parts.
11. Ecosystem includes living and non - living.
12. Biome is large geographic ecosystem area.
13. Niche is an organism's survival way.
14. Limiting factor restricts population size.
15. Energy pyramid shows energy flow; trophic level is a layer.
16. Energy transfer is through food webs.
17. Producer makes its own food.
18. Consumer can't make food.
19. Decomposer consumes wastes/dead.
20. Food web is a complex food chain network.
21. Prey is hunted for food.
22. Carnivore eats other consumers.
23. Omnivore eats producers/consumers.

Answer:

1. Ecology
2. Organisms
3. Organism
4. Habitat
5. Food chain
6. Herbivore
7. Symbiosis
8. Predator
9. Carrying capacity
10. Abiotic
11. Ecosystem
12. Biome
13. Niche
14. Limiting factor
15. Energy pyramid; trophic
16. Energy transfer
17. Producer
18. Consumer
19. Decomposer
20. Food web
21. Prey
22. Carnivore
23. Omnivore