Biome Vocabulary Flashcards
Biome
a major ecological community such as grassland, tropical rain forest, or desert
Energy Pyramid
a model that shows the available amount of energy in each trophic layer in an ecosystem
Food Web
a model that shows many different feeding relationships among living things
Decomposed
organisms which carry out the process of decomposition by breaking down dead or decaying organisms
Food chain
a model that shows one set of feeding relationships among living things
Coniferous
plants that produce reproductive organs called cones
Consumer
an organism that eats other living things to get energy; an organism that does not produce its own food
Deciduous forest
a forest containing trees that lose their leaves each year
Ecology
the branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment, including other organisms.
Cycle
a process that repeats
Nitrogen cycle
a process in which nitrogen in the atmosphere enters the soil and becomes part of living organisms then eventually returns to the atmosphere
Biotic factors
Any living thing that affects another organism
Water cycle
Continuous movement of water on and above the Earth
Abiotic factor
a nonliving condition or thing, as climate or habitat, that influences or affects an ecosystem and the organisms in it
Producer
an organism that makes its own food; an organism that does not consume other plants or animals
