Ecosystems Flashcards
Habitat
Biotic factrse
Species
The lowest level of clallification
Adaptations
A change in an organism to better fit an ecosystem
Population
A group of organisms of one species that live in an area at the same time
Niche
The job that an organism has in an ecosystem
Biome
Life
Deciduous forests
The deciduous forest has for three seasons
Desert
The desert covers about 1/5 of earth
Taiga
The taiga is the largest land biome on earth
Tropical rainforest
Hot moist biome found near earth equator
Grassland
Grasslands are characterized as having grasses as the dominant vegetation
Tundra
Type of biome where the tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons
Abiotic
A non-living thing
Biotic
A living thing
Ecosystem
Is all the living thing form plants and animals to microscopic organisms that share an environment
Community
An interacting group of various species in a common location
Producer
Are organisms that make their own food
Consumers
Are organisms of an ecological food chain which receive energy by consuming other organisms
Herbivore
Is a type of animal that eats plants-like organisms
Carnivore
Is an animal that eats a diet consisting mainly of meat
Omnivore
A kind of animal that eats either other animals or plants
Decomposer
Are organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms
Primary producer
Any green plant of microorganisms that can convert light or chemical energy into organic matter
Primary consumer
A carnivore that eats an plant
Tertiary consumer
A carnivore at the top of the food chain that eats other carnivore
decomposer
Person or thing that decomposer
10% rule
A little bit of energy going to the animal that eats it
Organisms
A form of live compared life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes
Ecosystems
Is all the living thing from plants and animals to microscopic organisms that share an environment
Mutualism
Symbiosis that is benefited to both organisms involved
Commensalism
Relationship between two species of plants animals or fungus which lives with on or in another without danger to either
Parasitism
Organisms in which one lives as a parasite on another
