Biology quiz dec 6 Flashcards
herbivore
plants
carnivore
meat
omnivore
all of the above
decomposer
consumes dead plants and animals ex: fungi and bacteria
organism
1st in biological organisation
population
a group of the same form of species
community
other organisms that the organism interacts with
ecosystem
includes all the living organisms in the community plus the nonliving environment in which the community exists
energy
the ability to produce change or perform work.
matter
The stuff found in ecosystems
autotroph
makes its own food
heterotroph
cant make its own food so uses other resources and organisms
producer
organism that makes its own food
primary consumer
herbivores that eat producers
secondary consumer
carnivores and omnivores that eat herbivores
tertiary consumer
carnivores and omnivores that eat secondary consumers
trophic level
group of organisms in an ecosystem that occupy the same in a food chain
biotic factor
living things within an ecosystem
abiotic facter
nonliving things within an ecosystem that help it
limiting factors
anything that constrains a population’s size and slows or stops it from growing.
carrying capacity
the number of organisms that an ecosystem can sustainably support.