Ecology vocabulary Flashcards
Energy pyramid
A model that shows the available amount of energy in each trophic layer in an ecosystem
Food web
A model that shows many different feeding relationships among living things in a given area
Decomposer
organisms witch carry out the process of decomposition by breaking down dead or decaying organisms
Food chain
A model that shows one set of feeding relationships among living things
Coniferous
Plants that produce reproductive organs called conesm
Consumer
An organisms that eats other living things to get energy
Biome
A major ecological community
Deciduous
A forest containing trees that lose their leaves each year
Ecology
The study of of organisms and the environment
Cycle
the movement of a substance through different stages
Nitrogen Cycle
a process in which nitrogen in the atmosphere enters the soil and becomes part of living organisms then eventually returns to the atmosphere
Biotic factors
The living things in a ecosystem
Water cycle
the continual movement of water between the land, ocean, and the air through predictable physical processes
Abiotic factor
The non living things in a ecosystem
Producer
An organisms that makes its own food
