Ecosystems Flashcards
Environment
All the biotic and abiotic factors that surround and organism
Ecosystem
All living and non living things around an organism
Population
A community contains many different kinds of populations of organizams
Niche
The animals home
Habitat
Where the animals live
Biome
A large geographic area with similar climates and ecosystem
Taiga
Is also called the sold desert it’s the largest biome on earth
Deciduous forest
It has four seasons the average temperature is 50f
Rain forest
It is located by the equator
Grasslands
It has cold winters and hot summers
Desert
It covers about 1/5 of the earth Antarctica is the largest desert
Tundra
This covers about 1/5 of the earth it is the coldest biome
Omnivore
An omnivore is something that eats meat and and grass
Herbivore
An animal that only eats plants and animals
Carnivore
An animal that only eats meat
Adaptation
What an animals does to survive in the wild
Species
group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding
Community
a group of animals living in the same place or having a particular characteristic
Biotic
The living things
Abiotic
All non-living things
producer
A specific thing that gives energy
Decomposer
The animals at the top of the food chain
Consumer
The animal that eats another animal
Food chain
A series of organizam