ecology vocabulary Flashcards
Biotic
relating to or resulting from living things, especially in their ecological relations.
Abiotic
physical rather than biological; not derived from living organisms.
Population
all the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country.
Community
a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.
Ecosystem
a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
Biosphere
the regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth.
Herbivore
A herbivore is an animal that gets its energy from eating plants, and only plants.
Carnivore
an animal that feeds on flesh.
Omnivore
an animal or person that eats food of both plant and animal origin.
Food chain
food chain, in ecology, the sequence of transfers of matter and energy in the form of food from organism to organism.
Food web
A food web consists of all the food chains in a single ecosystem.
Energy pyramid
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An energy pyramid, also known as a trophic or ecological pyramid, is a graphical representation of the energy found within the trophic levels of an ecosystem.
Carrying capacity
the number or quantity of people or things that can be conveyed or held by a vehicle or container.
prey
an animal that is hunted and killed by another for food.
Predator
an animal that naturally preys on others
Mutualism
the doctrine that mutual dependence is necessary to social well-being.
Commensalism
an association between two organisms in which one benefits and the other derives neither benefit nor harm.
Parasitism
the practice of living as a parasite in or on another organism.
Producers
Producers are any kind of green plant.
Decomposers
an organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material.
Desert
such land having a very warm climate and receiving less than 25 centimeters.
Tundra
In physical geography, tundra is a type of biome where the tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons
Temperate deciduous forest
The temperate deciduous forest is a biome that is always changing. It has four distinct seasons: winter, spring, summer and fall.
Tropical rainforest
Tropical rainforests are rainforests that occur in areas of tropical rainforest climate in which there is no dry season
Coniferous forest
vegetation composed primarily of cone-bearing needle-leaved or scale-leaved evergreen trees, found in areas that have long winters and moderate.
Savanna
a grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions, with few trees.
Temperate grassland
areas of open grassy plains that are sparsely populated with trees.
