1. Ch. 18 Vocabulary Slap Game
read the definition and try to guess the word

2. describes the nonliving part of the environment, including water, rocks, light, and temperature

3. abiotic

4. describes living factors in
the environment

5. biotic

6. the study of the interactions of organisms with one another and with their environment

7. Ecology

8. all of the populations of species that live in the same habitat and interact with each other

9. community

10. a group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area

11. population

12. the part of Earth where life exists; includes all of the living organisms on Earth

13. biosphere

14. a community of organisms and their abiotic, or nonliving, environment

15. ecosystem

16. living things need
_______ to survive

17. energy

18. organisms that use sunlight directly to make food

19. producer

20. organisms that eat other
organisms are called

21. consumers

22. eat both
plants and animals

23. omnivore

24. a consumer that eats
only plants

25. herbivore

26. a consumer that eats animals

27. carnivore

28. a diagram that shows an ecosystem’s loss of energy

29. energy pyramid

30. the largest population that an environment can support

31. carrying capacity

32. the organism that
eats
the prey

33. predator

34. the organism that is
eaten is called

35. prey

36. the evolution of two species that is due to mutual influence, often in a way that makes the relationship more beneficial to both species

37. coevolution

38. a relationship between two species in which one species benefits from the other species, the host, which is harmed

39. parasitism

40. a relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected

41. commensalism

42. a relationship between two species in which both species benefit

43. mutualism

44. a relationship in which two different organisms live in close association with each other

45. Symbiosis

46. abiotic
Ecology
biosphere
biotic
population
community

47. omnivore
Symbiosis
commensalism
energy
predator
carnivore
prey
coevolution
mutualism
parasitism
ecosystem
consumers
herbivore
producer
carrying capacity
energy pyramid