Ecology Flashcards
Every living and non living thing that surrounds an organism
Environment
The study of how organisms interact with the living and non living things that surround them
Ecology
A way of describing any portion of the environment
Ecosystem
Non living influences on an ecosystem
Ex: soil; water; pH; water; energy; elevation
Abiotic
Living influences in an ecosystem; all of the organisms in an ecosystem
Biotic
Specific environment where a particular species dwell
Ex: oceans; fields; Forrest; desert
Habitat
All of the organisms of a single species in an area
Population
All o the different populations in a given ecosystem
Community
All of the earths ecosystems
Biosphere
What is the fundamental concept of ecology
That all organisms are interdependent and that they interact with each other and with the physical environment
Autotroph is a
Producer
Heterotrophs are
Consumers
Every second an organism is not eating…
… It’s losing energy in its tissues
Energy loss occurs as…
The organism is constantly breaking chemical bonds in food to release energy to survive
Energy is release to create
ATP
