Flash Cards
A living thing
Organism
An environment that provides the thing a living organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce
Habitat
A living or once living part of an organism’s habitat
Biotic factor
A no living part of an organism’s habitat
Abiotic factor
All members of one species living in the same area
Population
All of the different populations that live together in a certain area
Community
The community of organisms that live in a particular area
Ecosystem
An environmental factor that causes a population decrease in size
Limiting factor
A supply of something
Resources
mass of unit volume of a material substance
Density
An organism that can make its own food
Producer
An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
Consumer
An organism that gets energy from breaking down biotic wastes and dead organisms and returns raw materials to the soil and water
Decomposer
A series of events in an ecosystem in which Organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten
Food chain
The pattern of overlapping feeding relationships or food chains among the various organisms in an ecosystem
Food web
