Mr. Williams’ Vocabulary Graphic Organizer Unit 10: LIFE SCIENCE/ECOSYSTEM COMMENSALISM Picture A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is not harmed or helped. Explanation These birds live near cattle because when the cattle graze, their cows’ movements stir up insects. The birds eat the insects and the cattle are unaffected. (1) Ecology: A branch of science (2) Community: a (3) Biotic factor: (4) Abiotic factor: concerned with the relationships natural group such as The living things in The non-living parts between living things and their of kinds of plants an ecosystem are of an ecosystem are environment. and animals that live called biotic factors. called abiotic together and depend Living things factors. In an on one another for include plants, ecosystem various necessities of animals, bacteria, some abiotic life such as food or fungi and more. factors are sunlight, shelter. temperature atmospheric gases water and soil. (5) Population: The whole (6) Species: A (8) Estuary: An area (7) Ecosystem: All of the living things number of people or animals group of closely where a freshwater (plants, animals and living in a certain place. related living things river or stream organisms) in a given that are capable of meets the area, interacting with interbreeding and ocean. a good It’s each other, and also producing fertile place for living with their non-living offspring. things to live and environments lay eggs/give birth. (weather, earth, sun, soil, climate, atmosphere). In an ecosystem, each organism has its own niche or role to play. (9) Habitat: The home of an (10) Niche: Part of the (11) Producer: (12) Consumer: a environment that a animal or a plant. Plants are living thing that species fits in to, and Most habitats include a called producers must eat other to which it is adapted. community of animals and plants because they organisms to obtain How an organism along with water, oxygen, soil or produce their own energy necessary makes a living in a sand, and rocks. food by for life. place. The Florida photosynthesis. Alligators niche is the Top Consumer or Tertiary Consumer in the Florida Wetland food web.
Mr. Williams’ Vocabulary Graphic Organizer Unit 10: LIFE SCIENCE/ECOSYSTEM COMMENSALISM A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is not harmed or helped. Explanation These birds live near cattle because when the cattle graze, their cows’ movements stir up insects. The birds eat the insects and the cattle are unaffected. Picture (1) Ecology: A branch of science concerned with the relationships between living things and their environment. (2) Community: a natural group such as of kinds of plants and animals that live together and depend on one another for various necessities of life such as food or shelter. (3) Biotic factor: The living things in an ecosystem are called biotic factors. Living things include plants, animals, bacteria, fungi and more. (4) Abiotic factor: The non-living parts of an ecosystem are called abiotic factors. In an ecosystem some abiotic factors are sunlight, temperature atmospheric gases water and soil. (5) Population: The whole number of people or animals living in a certain place. (6) Species: A group of closely related living things that are capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. (7) Ecosystem: All of the living things (plants, animals and organisms) in a given area, interacting with each other, and also with their non-living environments (weather, earth, sun, soil, climate, atmosphere). In an ecosystem, each organism has its own niche or role to play. (8) Estuary: An area where a freshwater river or stream meets the ocean. It’s a good place for living things to live and lay eggs/give birth. (9) Habitat: The home of an animal or a plant. Most habitats include a community of animals and plants along with water, oxygen, soil or sand, and rocks. (10) Niche: Part of the environment that a species fits in to, and to which it is adapted. How an organism makes a living in a place. The Florida Alligators niche is the Top Consumer or Tertiary Consumer in the Florida Wetland food web. (11) Producer: Plants are called producers because they produce their own food by photosynthesis. (12) Consumer: a living thing that must eat other organisms to obtain energy necessary for life.