A | B |
organisms that use sunlight and or chemical compounds to produce their own food | producers |
organisms that eat other organisms for energy | consumers |
a group of similar organisms that can breed with one another | species |
a group of individuals of the same specises that live in the same area | population |
all of the population that live together in a certain area | Community |
all of the organisms that live in a certain area and their nonliving environment | ecosystem |
describes a relationship in which two species live closely together | symbiotic |
an interaction in which one organism kills and feeds on another organism | Predation |
Symbiotic relationship in which one organism lives in or on antother organism ( the hose and harms the host | Parasitism |
Symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit from the relationship | Mutualism |
Symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is not helped or harmed | Commensalism |
Symbiotic relationship inwhich one organism harms the growth of another organism while the organism itself is not affected | amensalism |
an animal that kills and eats other organisms | predator |
an animal that is killed and eaten by another organism | Prey |