Ecology Notes Flashcards
Ecology
The study of interaction between organism and the enviroment.
species
One type of organism
Biotic Factor
All the parts of the environment that are living.
Abiotic factor
All the parts of the environment that are nonliving.
Habitat
the place where an organism lives in a community.
Population
All the organisms of the same species living in the same place at the same time.
Community
All the populations that live in the same place at the same time.
Ecosystem
A community interacting with the Abiotic parts of its environment, (All the biotic and abiotic pats of an area)
Energy Pyramind
Diagram showing trophic level / level in food chain.
Sun
Main source of energy for all living things.
Producer
Make its own food (autograph)
Photosynthesis
the process of food making in producers
Sunlight + CO₂ (carbon dioxide) + H₂O (Water) →
sugar (energy) + O₂ (Oxygen).
Consumer
An organism that eats other organism (Heterotroph)
Herbiovere
An organism that only eats plants.
Carnivore
An organism that only eats animals.
Scavenger
An organism that eats organisms that are already dead.
omnivore
an organism that eats both plants and animals.
decomposer
an organism that breaks down the remains of dead plants and animals recycles.
Food chain
the transfer of energy (food) from one organism to another.
food web
when different chains overlap.
