Life On Earth

The place where an organism lives

All the members of one species living in a habitat

All the plants,animals and microorganisms living in a habitat

A group of organisms that can be interbreed to produce fertile offspring

A green plant that uses sunlight to make its own food by photosynthesis

An organism that cannot produce its own food, it gains energy by eating another organism

An organism that eats plant material only

An organism that eats animal material only

An organism that eats a mixture of plant and animal material

An animal which hunts and kills other animals for food

An animal which is hunted and killed for food by another animal

The number, abundance and variety of species

A diagram which shows the transfer of energy between organisms

A diagram which shows inter-connected food chains

Its the role that an organism plays within a community

Occurs amongst individuals of a different species

Occurs amongst individuals of the same species

Term used to refer to a factor that relates directly to a non living feature of an ecosystem

Large region of the earth distinguished from others by its climate,flora,fauna

Term used to refer to a factor that relates directly to some aspect in of living organisms in an ecosystem such as competition

Struggle for existence between members of a community caused by the limited supply of an essential resource

Natural biological unit made up of living in non-living parts

Ecological where one organism benefits at the expense of another organism in the host

General term for contamination of the environment