Ecosystems C1 Flashcards
What is an environment?
Everything around an organism is its environment.
What is a organism?
An organism is any living thing.
What is an ecosystem?
An ecosystem is a group of living and nonliving things and their environment.
What is ecology?
Ecology is the scientific study of the relationship between living things and their environment
What is an ecologist?
A scientist who studies the relationship between living things and their environment is a ecologist.
What is a producer?
A producer is an organism that can make its own food.
What is a consumer?
A consumer is an organism that eats food.
What is a decomposer?
An organism that breaks down dead plant and animal material to return it to the soil is called a decomposer.
What is a food chain?
A food chain is a sequence of how organisms use other organisms for food.
What is a predator?
A predator hunts another animal for food.
What is prey?
The animal that is hunted is prey.
What is a scavenger?
A scavenger is an animal that feeds on dead or decaying animals or things.
What is the meaning of migrate?
To move from one place to another to avoid the cold winter.
What is the meaning of camouflage?
To blend into the environment.
What is the meaning of hibernate?
To rest through the cold.
