Chapter 18 Flashcards
What is Biotic?
All of the organisms that live together and interact with one another make up biotic.
What is Ecology??
The study of the interactions of organisms with one another and with their environment.
What is abiotic??
Is part of the environment consists of the nonliving factors, such as water, soil, light, and temperature.
What is population?
A group of individuals or the same species that live together.
What is community?
Consists of all of the populations of species that live and interact in an area.
What is ecosystem?
Is made up of a community of organisms and the abiotic environment of the community.
What is biosphere?
Is the part of Earth where life exists.
What is herbivore?
A consumer that eats only plants.
What is a carnivore?
A organism that eats animals.
What is a omnivore?
An organisms that eats both plants and animals.
What is a food chain?
Is a diagram that shows how energy in food flows from one organism to another.
What is a food web?
Is a diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in a ecosystem.
What is a energy pyramid?
Is a diagram that shows an ecosystems loss of energy.
What is a carrying capacity?
The largest population that an environment can support.
What is a predator?
The organism that eats the prey.
