Ecology Vocabulary

1. 4th grade Science Carter Ecology Vocabulary

2. The study of ecosystems Ecology

3. The place where an organism lives habitat

4. A species is a group of like organisms. For example: bull frogs, wood frogs, dogs, and cats. species

5. All organisms of the same species that live in a particular habitat population

6. All the populations that live together in a habitat Community

7. The physical conditions of a habitat: temperature, amount of sunlight, amount and type of water, and type of soil environment

8. The community in a habitat, the environment of a habitat, and the interactions among them. Ecosystem

9. Organisms that use light energy from the sun to make their own food. producer

10. Organisms that get their energy from eating other organisms Consumer

11. Organisms that get their energy by breaking down dead organic matter Decomposer

12. A food chain shows the transfer of energy from one organism to the next in an ecosystem Food Chain

13. Consumer that eats the producer Primary consumer

14. The consumer that eats the primary consumer Secondary consumer

15. Consumer that eats the secondary consumer Tertiary consumer

16. All the food chains in an ecosystem Food web

17. An animal that hunts and eats other animals Predator

18. Animals being hunted and eaten Prey

19. A symbiotic relationship that is beneficial to both organisms Mutualism

20. A symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other organism is neither harmed nor helped commensalism

21. A symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other organism is harmed parasitism