INTERDEPENDENCE Flashcards
Food Web
Shows how food chains in an ecosystem are linked
Food Chain
Part of a food web, starting with a producer, ending with a top predator
Ecosystem
The living things in a given area, and their non-living environment
Interdependence
The way in which living organisms depend on each other to survive, grow, and reproduce
Population
Groups of the same species living in an area
Producer
Green plant or algae that makes its own food using sunlight
Consumer
An animal that eats other animals or plants
Habitat
The place where an organism lives
Food Chain Diagram
It shows what an organism eats and how energy is transferred between organisms. It always starts with a producer, a green plant or algae, as they make their own food by photosynthesis
Food Web Diagram
To show linked food chains, as most organisms eat more than one type of food