Ecology Review

6. an organism that eats during predation.
7. an organism's specific role in its habitat.
10. the act of copying another organism's behaviors or appearance.
11. an organism that is eaten in predation.
12. an living part of an environment.
14. a diagram showing the flow of energy from organism to organism, usually through predation.
15. a symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is at least not harmed.
19. an organism that consumes energy through predation.
20. a group of organisms of the same species, within a particular area.
21. an environment that provides food, water, and shelter for an organism.

1. a process whereby poorly suited organisms tend to die out, and well suited organisms tend to survive & reproduce.
2. a symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits, and the other organism is harmed.
3. a non-living part of an environment.
4. an organism that produces energy, usually through photosynthesis or some other sugar producing process.
5. a diagram that show the energy within an ecosystem and how much of it is lost or retained as organisms die & are consumed.
8. a trait that makes an organism well suited to its environment, brought on by natural selection.
9. all the biotic factors (organisms) & abiotic factors within a particular area.
13. a diagram showing all the various food chains within an ecosystem.
16. a symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit.
17. an organism that breaks down the materials of dead or dying organisms, and returns it to the energy cycle.
18. all the populations of living things within a particular area.