Chapter 1 (book 3) Flashcards
(20 cards)
What is the study of the interactions of living organisms with one another with their environment?
ecology
What describes living factors in the environment?
biotic
What describes the nonliving part of the environment, including water, rocks, light, and temperature?
abiotic
What is a group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area?
population
What is all the population of species that live in the same habitat and interact with each other?
community
What is a community of organisms and their abiotic environment?
ecosystem
What is the part of Earth Where life exists?
biosphere
What is an organism that eats only plants?
herbivore
What is an organism that eats only animals?
carnivore
What is an organism that eats both plants and animals?
omnivore
What the pathway of energy transfer through various stages as a result of the feeding patterns of a series of organisms?
food chain
What is a diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem?
food web
What is the largest population that an environment can support at any given time?
carrying capacity
What is an organism that is killed and eaten by another organism?
prey
What is an organism that eats all or part of another organism?
predator
What is a relationship in which two different organisms live in close association with each other?
symbiosis
What is a relationship between two species in which both species benefit?
mutualism
What is a relationship between two organism in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected?
commensalism
What is a relationship between two species in which one species, the parasite, benefits form the other species, the host, which is harmed?
parasitism
What is the evolution of two species that is due to mutual influence, often in a way that makes the relationship more beneficial to both species?
coevelution
