ecology Flashcards
biotic community
the living members of the community
community
the total number of organisms within a set area
predation
consumer that kills another living organisms and eats it
prey
organism that is eaten
paraistation
organism that live on or in another organism and obtain their food from that organism
commensialism
a relationship in which one organism benefits from a host, without helping or harming it
primary consumers
an animal that on plant
why are producers organisms called autotrophs
they can produce their own nutrients to survive
population
all members of one species found in the same time and area
what is variation among individuals in populations necessary for `
organ evolution
what was the natural selection theory
- not all species are a like
- some can obtain food and mates better than others in the same species
- characteristics are passes down to offspring
what is continuously cycled
matter
what is transpiration
the process where green plants return water to the atmosphere
what is the first law of thermodynamics
energy cannot be created or destroyed but is converted to different forms
what is the second law of thermodynamics
during energy transformation some energy is lost as heat