Ecosystems Flashcards
Producers
An organism that makes its own food
Consumers
An organism that eats other living this to get energy
Predators
An animal that is hunted and eaten by other animal
Prey
An animal that is hunted
Species
A group of organisms that share similar characteristics and can mate with each other to produce offspring
Population
The group of organisms of the same species living in the same area
Community
A group of different populations that live together and interact in a environment
Biosphere
The part of earth that the earth can exist
Food chain
A model that shows one set of feeding relationships among living things
Food web
Model that shows many different feeding relationships among living things
Habitat
The location in which organisms
Biome
A major ecological community such as grasslands
Ecosystem
All the living and nonliving things in a area that interact with each other
Niche
The place or roll that an organism has in its habitat
Symbiosis
Symbiosis refers to an relationship between two kinds of organisms that last over time