Ecosystem Flashcards
Energy pyramid
A model that shows the available amount of energy in each tropic layer in an ecosystem
Food web
A model that shows many different feeding relationships among living things
Decomposed
Organisms witch carry out the process of decomposition by breaking down and decaying organisms
Food chain
A model that shows one set of feeding relationships among living things
Coniferous
Plants that produce reproductive organs called cones
Consumer
An organisms that eats other living things to get energy
Biome
A major ecological community such as grassland , tropical rainforest , or desert
Deciduous
Shedding its leaves annually
Ecology
The branch of biology that deals with the relationships of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings
Cycle
A process that repeats
Nitrogen cycle
A process in witch nitrogen in the atmosphere enters the soil and becomes part of living organisms then eventually returns to the atmosphere
Biotic factors
Living things in an area
Water cycle
The continual movement of water between the land, ocean, and the air
Abotic
Non living things
Producer
An organism that make its own food
Carbon cycle
A natural cycle in witch carbon compounds, mainly carbon dioxide, are incorporated into living tissue through photosynthesis and returned to the atmosphere by respiration, decay of dead organisms, and the burning of fossil fuel
Predator
A animal that hunts and eats other animals
Prey
An animal that is hunted by a predator
Succession
The sequence of communities that develop in an area
