Ecology Flashcards
Living
Biotic
Non-living
Abiotic
Species living in one geographical location
Population
A community of organisms
Ecosystem
Parts of Earth where life exists
Biosphere
Animals that eat plants
Herbivore
An area where living organisms live together
Community
1 Eats meat 2 has canines
Carnivore
Eats meat and plants
Omnivore
Ranking system of what animals eat
Food Chain
A system of lines that shows what animals eat
Food web
It shows an ecosystems loss of energy
Energy pyramid
A number of animals a ecosystem can support
Carrying Capacity
An animal that is eaten by predetors
Prey
Animals that eat animals
Predator
A symbiotic relationship
Mutualism
A relationship between two organisms which benefits one organism and does not affect the other
Commensalism
A relationship between two animals where a parasite take nutrients from the other organism
Parasitism
They produce food
Producers
They decompose other animals
Decomposers
A place with little moisture
Desert
A humid wet forest
Tundra
Forests which their trees’ leaves fall off
Temperate deciduous forest
Humid and biologically diverse forest
Tropical rain forest
A forest that has a lot of conifers
Coniferous forest
Grasslands with scattered trees
Savanna
Flat terrain with little to no trees
Temperate grassland
