Ecosystems Flashcards
Environment
An area in which living and nonliving things interact
Adaptation
A structure of behavior that allows a species to survive and reproduce in its environment
Speaies
The same adaptations
Community
Organisms that live together
Biotic
Living
Abiotic
Nonliving
Niche
The role that each species plays in its community
Ecosystem
An area in which living and nonliving things interact
Population
Contains all the organisms of the same kind of community
Habitat
A home
Biome
Regions of the world
Taiga
The largest land biome
Deciduous forest
Have 4 season
Rainforest
Located close to the equator
Grasslands
The mostly covered with grass
Desert
Covers about 1/5 of earth
Tundra
Covers about 1/5 of the earth
Decomposer
Eats dead plans and animals
Consumer
Eat’s the producers
Producer
Eat’s the sun’s rays
Carnivores
Eat’s meat
Herbivores
Eat’s plants
Omnivore
Eat’s both meat and plants
Food web
Links in food chains
Food chain
A series of organisms
Biome
Regions of the world
Taiga
The largest land biome
Deciduous forest
Have 4 season
Rainforest
Located close to the equator
Grasslands
The mostly covered with grass
Desert
Covers about 1/5 of earth
Tundra
Covers about 1/5 of the earth
Decomposer
Eats dead plans and animals
Consumer
Eat’s the producers
Producer
Eat’s the sun’s rays
Carnivores
Eat’s meat
Herbivores
Eat’s plants
Omnivore
Eat’s both meat and plants
Food web
Links in food chains
Food chain
A series of organisms