Ecosystems Flashcards
Environment
All the biotic and abiotic factors that surround a organism
Adaptation
Is a structure or behavior that allows a species to survive and reproduce in its environment
Species
All members of the population have the same species
Community
Organisms that live together in a ecosystem
Biotic
Biotic factors are living things
Abiotic
Non living thing in a ecosystem
Niche
The role that each species play in its community
Ecosystem
A area where living and no living things interact
Population
A population is a species of animals example red wolf snow wolf
Omnivore
Eats meat and plants
Carnivore
Only eats meat
Herbivore
Eats plants
Food web
A food web is a group of interconnected food
Food chain
A series of organisms in a chain of how they get eaten
Producer
Makes there own food
Consumer
Eats plants or animals
Decomposer
Gives nutrients to plants
Tropical Rainforest
Wet and mild biome with lots of trees
Deciduous forest
Lots of trees and has four seasons
Grassland
A biome that is plain and doesn’t have many
Taiga
Known as the worlds cold desert
Desert
Very hot or cold dry
Tundra
Worlds biggest biome
Habitat
where an animal lives