Biotic/Abiotic Flashcards
Biotic
An animal or a plant in an ecosystem
Abiotic
Soil, heat, air basically anything that doesn’t have a pulse or doesn’t eat
Ecology
The study of organisms and their interactions with the environment
Biosphere
Life-supporting region of the earth; all land, water and air in which organisms live
Bacteria
Bacteria is a biotic factor of an environment and helps plants and helps get rid of carcases
Decomposers
Decomposer get rid of decomposing carcases (such as bacteria) for new life to grow such as flowers
Air
Air is a important part in an environment it
it carries elements that biotic things use or need
Habitat
The place in which an organism lives
Niche
How an organism survives, how it obtains food and shelter, how it finds a mate and cares for its offspring, and how it avoids danger
Population
All of the organisms in an ecosystem that belong to the same species
Predator
Consumers that capture and eat other consumers
Prey
The organism that is captured and consumed by the predator
Scavengers
A consumer that eats organisms that have already died
Mutualism
A relationship between were both organisms benefit
Symbiosis
A relationship of dependence or mutual benefit between organisms of the same ecosystem
Consumer
An organism that cannot make its own food and feeds on other organisms
Food web
Shows all the possible feeding relationships at each trophic level in a community
Food chain
A diagram that shows the flow of energy and matter between animals in a community
Primary Succession
Begins in an area where NO SOIL is present. The development of an ecosystem in an area that has never had a community living within it
Ecological Succession
Natural, gradual changes in the types of species that live in an area; can be primary or secondary
