ecosystems Flashcards
What consists of all the living organisms and their environment?
Ecosystem
What is the nonliving part of an ecosystem?
Environment
Each living member of an ecosystem is what?
An individual
What consists of all the organisms of the same species?
Population
What includes all the different species?
Community
A specific job
Niche
What is a producer?
Something able to make their own food
What depends on producers?
Everything
What is a consumer?
Something that depends on producers;must eat for energy
What is a herbivore?
Plant - eaters
What are carnivores?
Flesh - eaters
What are omnivores?
Both plant & flesh eaters
What is a scavenger?
They eat things that have already died
What is a decomposer?
They help break down dead things & waste
What is a food chain?
Transfer of energy & nutrients through a community
What is a predator?
Any animal that hunts and eats other animals
What is an animal that a predator hunts?
Prey
What consists of several food chains linked together?
Food web
What occurs when two or more organisms are trying to use the same resource?
Competition
What is adaptation?
Any special characteristic or skill that helps a living thing survive
What mimics another living thing[look alike]?
Mimicry
What does it mean to move to a different ecosystem?
Migrate
