Ecosystem
How living and non-living things interact
Habitat
A place that provides food, water, and shelter
Population
Group of one type of species-same area same time
Community
Group of population of different species
Predator
Hunts and eats other animals
Prey
Animals that are hunted/eaten by other animals
Parasite
An organism that feeds off of other organisms usally causes harm
Producer
Makes its own food scourge and becomes and energy source for others
Cosumer
Eat producers or other consumers
Herbivore
An animal who only eats plants
Carnivore
An animal who only eats other animals
Omnivores
Eats both plants and animals
Decomposers
Organisms that get energy by breaking down other organisms
Food chain
Movement of energy between organisms
Food web
A diagram that combines many food chains
Niche
How animals get food, what type of food, and what the other animals might eat
Symbiosis
Animals working together that often benefit both, sometimes only one, but the other is not harmed
Parasite
A type of symbiosis where one animal is benefitted, and the other is harmed
Survival
Animals my need to gain advantage to survive