Biotic Stuff Flashcards
Food web
a model that shows many different feeding relationships among living things
Food chain
a model that shows one set of feeding relationships among living things from one producer up the line of consumers
Decomposer
organisms which carry out the process of decomposition by breaking down dead or decaying organisms
Consumer
an organism that eats other living things to get energy; an organism that does not produce its own food
Producer
an organism that makes its own food; an organism that does not consume other plants or animals
Levels of organization
1 of an organism: species
Many of one species: population
All of the populations in an area: community
Communities with abiotic factors: ecosystem
All of the similar ecosystems in an area: biome
The earth: biosphere