Uses energy to make food; also called autotroph

an organism that gets energy and nutrients by breaking down the remains of other organisms

an organism that eats other organisms

A consumer that eats only plants.

an organism that eats animals

eats both plants and animals

The feeding relationships among organisms in an ecosystem

An animal that hunts other animals for food

animal that is eaten by a predator

a close long-term relationship between different species in a community

symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit from the relationship

A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected

A relationship in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it.

the struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources

an environmental factor that keeps a population from reaching its full potential size; including food, shelter, water, space, disease, parasitism, predation, and nesting sites

Conversion of light energy from the sun into chemical energy. (glucose-food)

the process by which cells use oxygen to produce energy from food

energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only change forms

Matter is not created nor destroyed in any chemical or physical change

The conversion of one form of energy into another, or the movement of energy from one place to another.

The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back

The transfer of nitrogen from the atmosphere to the soil, to living organisms, and back to the atmosphere

the movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back

carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight

glucose and oxygen

glucose and oxygen

carbon dioxide, water, and ATP(energy)