Ecosystems Flashcards
Habitat
We’re an organism lives
Biotic
All living things
Abiotic
All nonliving things
Population
A spiciest grouping (ex. Snake ,bird, tree population
Species
A group of the same organism
Adaptation
A structure of behavior that allows a species to survive and reproduce
Environment
All abiotic and all biotic things in an organism
Ecosystems
An area were abiotic things and biotic things interact
Community
Organisms that live together
Niche
The role that each spices play
Biome
A biome is the life of animals
Desert
The desert covers about 1/5 of the earth
Deciduous forest
We live in the deciduous forest
Taiga
The taiga is the largest biome on earth the taigas main tree is the coniferous
Tundra
Tundra is the coldest biome
Tropical rainforest
Is located near the equator
Grasslands
It is cold in the winter but hot in summer
Food chain
A series of living things in which each one uses the next lower member as the source of food
Carnivore
A flesh eating animal
Consumer
Organisms that get energy from eating producers or other consumers, deers are consumers
Decomposers
Organisms the consume dead animals, plants and bacteria. Mushrooms are decomposers
Producers
Organisms that use the suns energy to make their own food. Green plants are producers
Omnivores
Organisms that eat both meat and plants
Herbivore
An animal that eats plants