Chapter 18 Flashcards
Biotic
Living factors in an environment
Ecology
The study of the interactions of living organisms with one other and with their environment
Abiotic
Non living things in a envirment
Population
A group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographic area
Community
All the population of species that live in the same habitat and interact with each other
Ecosystem
A community of organisms and their abiotic environment
Biosphere
The part of earth were life exsist
Herbivore
An organism that only eats plants
Carnivore
An organism that eats anilmals
Omnivore
An organism that eats both plants and animals
Food chan
A feeding pattern
Food web
A diagram that show the feeding relation ships between organisms
Energy pyrqmid
A triangle diagram that shows the ecosystems loss of energy..witch result as energy passes through the Ecosystem food chain
Carrying capacity
The largest population that an environment can support
Prey
An organism that is killed and eaten by a nother organism
