Ecosystem Flashcards
1
Q
What is a ecosystem?
A
A community where rocks, soil, vegetation, animals, and humans all interact.
Ecosystems are made up of living things e.g: climate and soil
2
Q
What is global scale change?
A
Things like climate change that effect the whole world
3
Q
What is a local scale change?
A
Things which change a habitat e.g: removal of a hedgerow
4
Q
What could change in a ecosystem?
A
Losses of trees, loss of producers and tertiary consumers
Temperatures can change, amount of rain
5
Q
What is decomposition?
A
The breakdown of animals and plants by bacteria and the release of carbon compounds into the atmosphere, soil and ocean floor.
