ecology Flashcards
The study of the interactions of living organisms with one another and with their enviroment
Ecology
Describes living factors in the enviroment
Biotic
Describes the nonliving part of the enviroment, icluding water, rocks, light, and temperture
Abiotic
A group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area
Population
All the populations of species that live in the same habitat and interact with each other
Community
A community of organisms and their abiotic enviroment
Ecosystem
The part of the world where life exists
Biosphere
An organism that only eats plants
Herbivore
An organism that eats animals
Carnivore
An organism that eats both plants and animals
Omnivore
The pathway of energy transfer through various stages as a result of the feeding patterns of a series of organisms
Food chain
A diagram that shoes the feeding relationships between organsims in an ecosystem
Food web
A triangular diagram that shows an ecosystem’s loss of energy, which results as energy passes through the ecosystem’s food chain
Energy pyramid
The largest population that an environment can support at any given time
Carrying capacity
An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
Prey
