First Semester Finals Flashcards
Energy pyramid
A model that shows the available amount of energy in each tropic layer in an ecosystem
Succession
The sequence of communities that develop in an area
Food chain
One set of feeding relationships
Food web.
Multiple sets of feeding relation ships
Producer
An organism that produces its own food
Consumer
A creature that eats other animals
Biome
A large community for animals
Ecology
Aa branch of biology that deals with living creatures
Nitrogen cycle
The series of steps where nitrogen compounds are in converted into the inviroment and living beings
Water cycle
The cycle of prices by witch water circulate between earths oceans, atmosphere , and land
Carbon cycle
A natural cycle where compounds are imported into living tissues
Biotic factors
Living things in a biome
Abiotic factors
The non living creatures in a biome
Predator
An animal that feeds on prey
Prey
An animal that eats producers