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_____________________ – break down dead organisms
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_____________________ – consumers that eat dead organisms
(use book ch. 19 vocab)
_____________________ – study of interactions between
organisms & between organisms & their environment.
_____________________ – a single living thing
_____________________ – a group of living things of the same
species
_____________________ – a group of living things of different
species
_____________________ – a community & its environment
_____________________ – all living things on Earth
_____________________ – living things
_____________________ – non-living things
_____________________ – diagram that shows energy flow
from one organism to another
_____________________ – diagram that shows energy flow in a
community
_____________________ – diagram that shows energy loss in
an ecosystem
_____________________ – living things that must take food into
their bodies (eat, absorb, engulf)
___________________ – living things that make their own food
_____________________ – meat-eating consumers
_____________________ – plant-eating consumers
_____________________ – consumers that eat anything
_____________________ – blend in with the background
_____________________ – “fight” for resources (food, water,
shelter…)
_____________________ – relationship between a hunter & its
food
_____________________ – relationship between 2 species, at
least one benefits
_____________________ – a form of symbiosis; one benefits,
one is unaffected
_____________________ – form of symbiosis; both benefit
_____________________ – form of symbiosis; one benefits, one
is harmed
_____________________ – one species resembles another
species for protection from predators
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* Decomposers – break down dead organisms
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* Scavengers – consumers that eat dead organisms
Carnivores – meat-eating consumers
Ecology – study of interactions between organisms &
between organisms & their environment.
Organism – a single living thing
* Population – a group of living things of the same
species
* Community – a group of living things of different
species
* Ecosystem – a community & its environment
Biosphere – all living things on Earth
Biotic – living things
Abiotic – non-living things
* Food Chain – diagram that shows energy flow from one
organism to another
* Food Web – diagram that shows energy flow in a
community
* Energy Pyramid – diagram that shows energy loss in an
ecosystem
Consumers – living things that must take food into their
bodies (eat, absorb, engulf)
Producers – living things that make their own food
Herbivores – plant-eating consumers
Omnivores – consumers that eat anything
Camouflage – blend in with the background
Competition – “fight” for resources (food, water,
shelter…)
Predator–Prey – relationship between a hunter & its
food
* Symbiosis – relationship between 2 species, at least one
benefits
* Commensalism – a form of symbiosis; one benefits, one
is unaffected
* Mutualism – form of symbiosis; both benefit
* Parasitism – form of symbiosis; one benefits, one is
harmed
* Mimicry – one species resembles another species for
protection from predators