Eco Vocab Flashcards
1.Energy pyramid
a model that shows the available amount of energy in each trophic layer in an ecosystem
- Food Web
a model that shows many different feeding relationships among living things
3.Decomposer
organisms which carry out the process of decomposition by breaking down dead or decaying organisms
4.Food Chain
a model that shows one set of feeding relationships among living things
- Coniferous
a type of plant with needle-like leaves that uses cones to reproduce
6.Consumer
an organism that eats other living things to get energy; an organism that does not produce its own food (related word: consume)
7.Biome
a major ecological community such as grassland, tropical rain forest, or desert
- Deciduous
a forest containing trees that lose their leaves each year
9.Ecology
the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.
10.Cycle
a process that repeats
11.Nitrogen Cycle
a process in which nitrogen in the atmosphere enters the soil and becomes part of living organisms then eventually returns to the atmosphere
- Biotic factors
all of the living parts of an ecosystem
13.Water Cycle
the continual movement of water between the land, ocean, and the air
- Abiotic Factor
all of the nonliving parts of an ecosystem
15.Producer
an organism that makes its own food; an organism that does not consume other plants or animals
