Ecology~ 1st Vocabulary Flashcards
Energy Pyrimaid
A model that shows available amount of energy in each trophic layer in an ecosystem
Food Web
A food web shows all the animals in a area and what they eat
Decomposer
Organisms which carry out the processes of decomposition by breaking down dead or decaying organisms
Food Chain
A model of what shows one set of feeding relationships among living things
Coniferous
Explores the various types of blooms that exist on planets
Consumer
An organism that eats other living things to get energy
Biome
A major ecological community such as grassland,tropical rainforests, or desserts
Deciduous
A forest containing trees that lose their leaves
Ecology
A basic presentation of ecological concepts for the visual learner
Cycle
A process that repeats
Nitrogen Cycle
The nitrogen cycle is the biogeochemical cycle by which nitrogen is converted into various chemical forms as it circulates among the atmosphere, terrestrial, and marine ecosys
Biotic factors
A biotic factor is any living component that affects the population of another organism, or the environment. This includes animals that consume the organism, and the living food that the organisms
Water cycle
The water cycle explains how water gets from the sky to the Earth and back again
Abiotic factor
A nonliving condition or thing, as climate or habitat, that influences or affects an ecosystem and the organisms in it
Producer
An organism that makes its own food; an organism that does not consume other plants or animals
