Autotroph Population

Community Saprotroph

Consumer Species

Detritivore Trophic level

Ecology

Ecosystem

Food chain

Food web

Habitat

Heterotroph

1a
a group of organisms of the same species an organism that synthesizes its organic
who live in the same area at the same molecules from simple inorganic
time. substances

an organism that lives on or in non-living a group of interdependent organisms

organic matter, secreting digestive inhabiting the same region and
enzymes and absorbing digested products interacting with each .

a group of organisms that can interbreed an organism that ingests other organic
and produce fertile offspring. matter that is living or recently killed

the feeding level in a food web defined by

an organism that ingests non-
the number of energy transfers away
from the original source of energy. living organic matter

the study of relationships between living

organisms and between organisms and
their environment.

a community of organisms and

their abiotic environment.

A series of steps in which organisms

transfer energy by eating and being eaten

A complex arrangement of interrelated

food chains illustrating the flow of energy
between interdependent organisms.

the type of environment in which an

organism or group normally lives.

an organism that obtains organic

molecules from other organisms

1b