Ecological Organization Biosphere Biome Ecosystem Community Population Organism Organ system Organs Tissue Cells Cell organells Complex molecules Simple molecules Atoms Sub-atomic particles Ecological Organization

Ecosystem Complex set of relationships between living organisms and factors in an area

Vocabulary Definition Example Abiotic The nonliving chemical and physical factors of the environment. Examples: terrain, climate and water

Atmosphere Air, the layer of air that surrounds the earth Examples: temperature, sunlight and wind

Lithosphere Layer of land that forms the surface of the Earth Examples: soil, space, elevation, terrain

Hydrosphere - Water Part of the Earth made of water Examples: fresh water, salt water, humidity

Vocabulary Definition Example Biotic Those factors in the environment which are living or the products of living things. Examples: Plants, animals, microorganisms

Streptococcus Bacteria

Vocabulary Definition Example Producer /(Autotroph) Any organism that is capable of making its own food, usually by utilizing light energy through photosynthesis. Examples: green plants, many forms of bacteria and protists (phytoplankton)

Phytoplankton

Vocabulary Definition Example Consumer/(Heterotroph) Any organism that cannot make its own food and must get food by ingesting it from other sources. Example: Animals

Vocabulary Definition Example Herbivore Any organism that eats only plants (vegetable matter) In a food chain/web, a primary consumer.

Vocabulary Definition Example Carnivore Any organism that eats only animals (flesh) In a food chain/web, a secondary or higher order consumer

Vocabulary Definition Example Omnivore An organism that eats both plant and animal matter humans, bears

Vocabulary Definition Example Decomposer An organism whose feeding action results in the rotting and decay of organic matter. fungi and various forms of bacteria are decomposers

Vocabulary Definition Example Bacteria Tiny microscopic organisms which live in soil, in water, and in the bodies of plants and animals E. coli, Salmonella

Vocabulary Definition Example Fungi A kingdom of organisms which lack chlorophyll but have other specialized characteristics that separate them from the other major divisions of living things mushrooms, molds, mildews, yeasts

Death Cap Fly Agaric

Vocabulary Definition Example Detritus Dead organic matter, including dead bodies and waste products from organisms, fallen leaves

Fruit eaten by Chimps on the Rainforest floor.

Vocabulary Definition Example Scavenger Any organism that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms Scavengers usually do not hunt and kill their food; they search for the carcasses of animals left behind by predators; called carrion vultures, crabs, crows, gulls

Vocabulary Definition Example Predator An organism that actively hunts other organisms Eye located on the front of its head Examples; hawk, lion

Vocabulary Definition Example Prey An organism that upon which a predator feeds Eye located on the sides of its head Examples: rabbit, deer, cow

Vocabulary Definition Example Parasite An organism that lives in or on another organism obtaining from it part or all of its food. Most parasites cause some degree of harm to the organism in which they live, their host. Examples: tapeworm, ticks