Ecosystems Flashcards
Ecosystems
Where living and non-living thing interact
Biotic factors
Living things
Community
The group of all the populations in an area
Abiotic factors
No living things
Environment
All the conditions surrounding a living thing
Population
A group of organisms of one species that live in an area at the same time
Species
The lowest level of classification
Adaptations
A Chang in an organism to better fit an ecosystem
Habitat
The place in an ecosystem in which an organism lives
Niche
The job that an organism has in an ecosystem
Taiga
Largest biome
Tundra
Coldest biome on earth
Desert
Plants in the desert are great at storing water
Grasslands
The most important plant in the grasslands is grass
Tropical rainforest
Located close to equator
Deciduous forest
Average temperature 50degrees
Biome
Regions of the world with similar climate animals and plants
Producer
A person company or country that makes grows or supplies goods commodities for sale
Consumers
A person who purchases goods and services for personal use
Decomposed
An organism a soil bacteria fungus or invertebrate that decomposes organic material
Herbivore
An animal that feeds on plants
Carnivore
An animal that eats meat
Omnivore
An animal or a person that eats food of both plant and animal origin
