Ecology Term 2 Y7 Flashcards
What is functional adaptation
the way an organism’s body WORKS!
What is strucural adaptaiton
the way an organism’s body BUILT!
What is behavioral adaptation
the way oganisms ACT!
difference between a food web and a food chain
A food chain shows the one path of an organisms but the food web shows the different paths and ways of life in organisms
what would happen if a consumer of the food web or food chain dies out?
The lower consumers would over populate or the top consumers would stuggle to find food.
The level of a food chain
trophic level
What are organisms with the same habitat
competition
What’s intraspesific
when two individuals of the same species compete for limited resources
what’s interspesific
Competition between different species for habitat
What is tertiary order
The top of a food web
What is a Hetertrophs
Is an organism that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients
What is a scavenger
Consumers that don’t kill there own food but eat dead organisms
What are the 5 kingdoms
Animal, plant, fungi, protist and monera.
What is taxonomy
It is the way an organism is grouped of classified
What are the 8 taxonomy groups
Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species
