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This document provides definitions for 30 ecology vocabulary words. It includes a table with three columns - the word, its definition, and a space to draw a picture. The words cover topics like species interactions (e.g. predator, prey, symbiosis), ecosystem components (e.g. producer, consumer, decomposer), and ecological concepts (e.g. niche, food web, limiting factor). Learners are asked to match each word with its definition and draw a picture to illustrate its meaning.
This document provides definitions for 30 ecology vocabulary words. It includes a table with three columns - the word, its definition, and a space to draw a picture. The words cover topics like species interactions (e.g. predator, prey, symbiosis), ecosystem components (e.g. producer, consumer, decomposer), and ecological concepts (e.g. niche, food web, limiting factor). Learners are asked to match each word with its definition and draw a picture to illustrate its meaning.
This document provides definitions for 30 ecology vocabulary words. It includes a table with three columns - the word, its definition, and a space to draw a picture. The words cover topics like species interactions (e.g. predator, prey, symbiosis), ecosystem components (e.g. producer, consumer, decomposer), and ecological concepts (e.g. niche, food web, limiting factor). Learners are asked to match each word with its definition and draw a picture to illustrate its meaning.
Use the following words and match them with the correct definition. Then, draw a picture for each vocabulary word.
Predator Prey Symbiosis Mutualism Commensalism
Parasitism Competition Limiting Factor Native Species Introduced Species Wetland Coral Reef Estuary WORD DEFINITION PICTURE 1. Limiting Factor An environment factor that prevents an organism or population from reaching its full potential of size or activity. 2. Estuary An area where fresh water mixes with salt water from the ocean. 3. Prey An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism. 4. Native Species A species that was not introduced and that naturally occurs in a given ecosystem both in the past and now. 5. Wetland An area of land that is periodically underwater or whose soil contains a great deal of moisture. 6. Predator An organism that kills and eats all or part of another organism. 7. Coral Reef A limestone ridge found in tropical climates and composed of coral fragments that are deposited around organic remains. 8. Introduced Species A species introduced either by accident or on purpose by human actions into places beyond the species natural range. 9. Symbiosis A relationship in which two different organisms live in close association with each other. 10. Competition Ecological relationship in which two or more organisms depend on the same limited resource. 11. Mutualism A relationship between two species in which both species benefit. 12. Parasitism A relationship between two species in which one species, the parasite, benefits from the other species, the host, which is harmed. 13. Commensalism A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected. Carnivore Ecology Food Chain Producer Habitat Herbivore Species Consumer Niche Decomposer Ecosystem Abiotic Factor Omnivore Biotic Factor Population Community Food web WORD DEFINITION PICTURE 14. Ecology The study of how organisms interact with one another and with the environment.
15. Abiotic Factor A nonliving part of an
environment.
16. Species Includes organisms that are
closely related and can mate to produce fertile offspring. 17. Ecosystem A community of organisms and their nonliving environment.
18. Niche The role the population plays in
the ecosystem 19. Decomposer An organism that gets energy and nutrients by breaking down the remains of other organisms. 20. Herbivore A consumer that eats only plants.
21. Omnivore A consumer that eats both plants
and animals 22. Food web The feeding relationships among organisms in an ecosystem and are made up of many food chains. 23. Biotic factor A living part of the environment. 24. Population A group of individuals of the same species that live in the same place. 25. Community Made up of all the species that live and interact in an area. 26. Habitat The place where an organism usually lives. 27. Producer (Autotroph) Uses energy to make own food. 28. Consumer An organism that eats other organisms 29. Carnivore A consumer that east other animals. 30. Food Chain The path of energy transfer from producers to consumers in one direction.