Gizmo Forest Ecosystem Flashcards
1
Q
consumer
A
an organism that feeds on organic matter because it can not produce it.
2
Q
decomposer
A
an organism that absorbs nutrients from living things or the organic matter they leave behind, turning it into simpler inorganic matter.
3
Q
inorganic
A
not produced by living things.
4
Q
organic
A
produced almost exclusively by living or once living things.
5
Q
organism
A
a single living thing.
6
Q
population
A
all the organsims of a certain kind in a particular place.
7
Q
producer
A
an organism of a certain kind in one place.
