13.2 Flashcards
Examples of biotic factors
Plants, fungi, animals, bacteria
What are abiotic factors?
Are nonliving things
Examples of abiotic factors
Moisture, temperature, wind, sunlight, soil
What is biodiversity?
Is the assortment, or variety, of living things in an ecosystem
What are keystone species?
Is a species that has an unusually large effects on its ecosystem
Producers are also called autotrophs because they makeโฆ
Their own food
Producers get energy from..
Non-living resources
What are consumers?
Are organisms that get their energy by eating other living or once-living resources
Consumers are also called heterotrophs because they..
Feed off of different things
Photosynthesis in most producers uses..
Sunlight as an energy source
Chemosynthesis in prokaryote producersโฆ
Uses chemicals as an energy source
What are biotic factors?
Are living things