Ecosystem Vocabulary❤️❤️ Flashcards
Lightning fixing
where gaseous nitrogen is attached to precipitation by lightning
Predators
a predator is an animal that hunts other animals for food
producers
Producers use sunlight and carbon dioxide to make food for themselves.
Consumers
organisms that cannot make their own food and depend on plants or other animals for nourishment are called consumers
Prey
a prey is an animal that is hunted by other animals
Species
organisms that share the same characteristics and features belong to the same species
Populations
a population is made up of the same kind of organisms
Community
a group of different populations that live together and interact in an environment
Biodiversity
the wide variety of biological life on earth
Biosphere
the part of earth in which life can exist
Food chain
a model that shows one different feeding relationships among living things
Food web
a model that shows many different feeding relationships among living things
Habitat
a location in which an oraganism lives
Ecosystem
an ecosystem is a community of living things
Biome
a major ecological community such as grassland, tropical rain forest, or a desert
Niche
the place or roll that an oraganism has in its habitat
Symbiosis
interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association
Mutualism
mutualism is a relationship between two species in which both benefit from the relationship
Commensalism
a relationship between two species of a plant, animal, or fungus in which one lives with, on, or in the other without damage to either
Parasitism
a relationship in which one organism benefits at the host’s expense is called parasitism
Bacteria fixing
micro organisms in the soil
