Ecosystems C1 Flashcards
What is an environment?
everything that is around an organism.
What is an organism?
An organism is any living thing.
What is an ecosystem?
An ecosystem is a group of living things and non living things and their environment.
What Is Ecology?
Ecology is the scientific study of relationship between living things and their environment.
What is an Ecologist?
A scientist who studies the relationship between living things and their environment.
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?
A decomposer like a slug,helps keep areas clean by getting rid of dead materials.
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 animals for food.
What is prey?
Prey is the animal that is hunted.
What is a scavenger?
A scavenger is an animal that feeds on dead or decaying animals or things.
What’s the meaning of migrate?
To move from one place to another,to avoid the cold.
What is the meaning of hibernate?
To rest through the cold winter.
What is the meaning of camouflage?
To blend into the environment.
