Biome Flashcards
Deciduous
Trees that lose their leaves or leaves Chang color each year.
Prey
A prey is an animal that is hunted by other animals.
Cycle
The four seasons follow a regular and repeating order
Biome
Large areas like tundra, rainforests, and deserts
Decomposed
When a plant or animal dies and turns in to soil
Food chain
In an ecosystem nutrients and energy proceed from producers through a series of consumers to decomposers
Energy pyramid
A model that shows the available amount of energy in each tropic layer.
Food wed
The food relationships of the animals living in an ecosystem
Coniferous
Plants that are green
Consumer
Organisms that cannot make their own food and depend on plants or animal for food
Ecology
The branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings
Nitrogen cycle
Part of ecology
Biotic factors
Any livening component that affects another organism
Water cycle
The cycle of processes by which water circulates between the earths ocens
Predator
An animal that hunts other animals