Chapter 2 Bio Notes

VOCABULARY SECTION

An animal that only eats plants is...

An animal that only eats meat is...

An animal that eats both plants and animals are...

What is the first level of the food chain/ pyramid after the producer

What is the second level of the pyramid called?

What is the top level called?

The nonliving parts of an organism's environment
(i.e. dirt, water, rocks)

Made up of interacting populations in a certain area at a certain time

the portion of the earth that supports living things

all the living organisms that inhabit an environment

A symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits and the other is neither harmed nor benefited.

the study of interactions that take place between organisms and their environment

made up of interacting populations in a biological community and the community's abiotic factors.

The place where an organism lives out its life

A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit

All strategies and adaptations a species uses in its environment

A symbiotic relationship in which a member of one species derives benefit at the expense of another species

a group of organisms, all of the same species, which interbreed and live in the same area at the same time

the relationship in which there is a close and permanent association between different species is...

an organism that uses light energy or energy stored in chemical compounds is a producer or...

An organism that cannot make its own food and feeds on other organisms is called a....

organisms that break down and release nutrients are...

A simple model that scientists use to show how matter and energy move through an ecosystem.

a feeding step

The model that scientists use to show all possible feeding relationships

the total weight of living matter at each trophic level