Ecology Flashcards
Environment
The nature around them
Habitat
The place where a plant or animal lives
Interdependence
How organisms depend on each other for survival
Ecosystem
All the plants interacting and helping each other
Herbivorous
Only eat plants and vegetation
Carnivores
Only eat meat
Ecology
Thenstudy of organism and there surroundings,environment and relationships
Consumer
Animals that get their food from other animals or plants
Produce
Something that makes the food (plants)*
Omnivores
Eat plants and meat
Decomposer
Somthinh that feeds on dead plants and animals
Energy
Any energy in a food chain comes from the sun
Food web
Single food chains are rare most are interconnected
Compaction
Occurs when two or more organisms seek a resource that in limited
Adaptation
Are features that give an organism a better chance of surviving
Dandelion adaptions
Long roots and air carried pods
Hedge hog adaptation
Camouflage spikes and excellent sense of smell
Pollution
Adding unwanted waste to the environment
Effect
If one organism is gone others may die
Air pollution
Dirty air from smoke gas cars and power stations
Acid rain
Is made when fossil fuels are burned creating carbonic acids which damage plants and crops
Soil pollution
Caused be pesticides fertilizers and acid rain
Water pollution
When water is polluted by fertilizer sewage and detergent
Incineration
Burning waste which leads to pollution
