Eco system definition Flashcards
Biodiversity
The range of animals and plants in given area
Biomass
The mass of living material
Carnivore
An animal that eats meat or flesh only.
Community
All the organisms that live in a habitat (plants and animals).
Consumer
An organism that obtains its energy by eating other organisms.
Eco systems
A community of animals, plants and microorganisms, together with the habitat where they live.
Fertile
Capable of producing off spring
Food chain
A sequence (usually shown as a diagram) of feeding relationships between organisms, showing which organisms eat what and the movement of energy through trophic levels.
Food web
A network of food chains, showing how they all link together
Habitat
A place where plants, animals and microorganisms
Herbivore
An animal that feeds only on plants.
Infertile
Not being able to have children.
Omnivore
An animal that eats both plants and meat.
Population
All of the members of a single species that live within a geographical area.
Predator
An animal that hunts, kills and eats other animals for food.
