Ecology Vocabulary

Study of the interactions that take place among organisms and their environment

Living things within an ecosystem

One of any living thing

Place where an organism lives and that provides the types of food, shelter, moisture, and temperature needed for survival.

Chain showing how energy passes from one organism to the next

Eat producers

Any close relationship between species, including mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism.

Animal that hunts and kills other animals for food. A predator is a consumer [ carnivore or omnivore]

Largest number if individuals of a particular species that an ecosystem can support over time

Non-living parts of the ecsystem- air/water/ soil/sun