Ecology vocab

7. CAPACITY:Largest population an environment can support over a period of time.
8. FACTORS: all the NON-LIVING things in an ecosystem.
10. are plants, algae, and some kinds of bacteria
13. that are eaten by other organisms.
14. Organisms that live together in an ecosystem
16. Two or more organisms trying to use the same limited resources at the same time.
18. all the LIVING things in an ecosystem environment
21. the Greek word meaning “living together” and can be used to describe any association between two organisms living in close association with each other.
22. Eat plants
23. PYRAMID: Triangular diagram showing the loss of energy at each level of the food chain.
25. A community of organisms and the abiotic factors in the environment.
27. Things that keep a population fromrowing
30. the same species in the same area environment at the same time
31. enough
32. eat dead organisms

1. diagram that shows how the energy flows from one organism to the next.
2. association (symbiotic relationship) in which both organisms benefit
3. at plants and meat
4. that eat other organisms.
5. organism [the parasite] benefits, and the other [the host] is adversely affected [weakened, sickened, damaged etc].
6. WEB: complex diagram showing the transfer of energy pathways in an ecosystem.
9. Organisms that break down dead organisms
11. The science of the relationships between organisms and their environments.
12. eat meat
15. The part of the earth and its atmosphere in which living organisms exist or that is capable of supporting life.
17. of one species benefit, while individuals of the other species do not benefit and are not harmed
19. place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives
20. (prey)
24. Organisms that get food from an outside source
26. When one organism looks like another for protection.
28. that can make their own food from sunlight or chemicals
29. many Predators