1. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. Streptococcus Bacteria

13. 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)

14. Phytoplankton

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

31. Death Cap
Fly Agaric

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

34. Fruit eaten by Chimps on the Rainforest floor.

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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

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

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

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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