A | B |
species | single kind of organism |
population | same species that live together |
community | several populations living in one area together |
ecosystem | community and nonliving parts of an environment |
habitat | environment that meets the needs of an organism |
sulight, soil, air, water | nonliving parts of an environment |
producer | plants |
consumer | animals |
decomposer | get energy from dead plants and animals |
herbivore | animals that eat only plants |
carnivore | animals that eat other animals |
omnivore | animals that eat plants and animals |
predator | animal that hunts and catches other animals |
prey | animal caught by predator |
parasite | organism that lives off another organism |
host | organism that parasite lives off of |
pollination | moving pollen on flowers to make seeds |
food chain | movement of energy from one organism to another |
food web | all the food chains in an ecosystem |
niche | an organism's special role in an environment |