Keywords Flashcards
Bionomial nomenclature
A two part naming system made up of the species Genus and species name
Photosynthesis
Converting sun into chemical energy
Autotroph
An organism that makes its own food
Commensalism
A relationship where one organism benefits and the other organism is unaffected
- Parasitism
- Parasite
- A relationship where one organism benefits by harming or living off their host organism
- An organism that lives off a host
Mutualism
A relationship where both or all organisms benefit
Heterotroph
Organism that does not make its own food
- Foodchain
- Food Web
- A chain starting with a producer and ending with tertiary producer
- Graph showing the transfer of energy through multiple trophic levels
Producer
Can make their own food using things such as soil, light, radiation, etc. Often at the bottom of food chain
Name the trophic levels
Producer, Primary Consumer, Secondary Consumer, Tertiary Consumer
Chemosynthesis
Converting certain species specific chemicals into chemical energy
Decomposers
Organisms that rot or eat dead matter
- Biotic Factors
- Abiotic Factors
- Biotic factors are factors that are population dependent
- Abiotic factors are factors that are population independent
Name a Monotreme
platypus
- Vertabrate
- Invertabrate
- An organism with a backbone
- An organis without a backbone
Name a creature with a endoskeleton and a creature with an exoskeleton
Example Example:
Endoskeleton: Platypus
Exoskeleton: Spider
Saprophytes
A plant, fungus or organism that lives on dead organisms or rotting matter
Monocultures
A practice in agriculture where you only grow one crop a field
Eutrophication
Excessive amount of nutrients in lakes or rivers due to runoff of soil which causes excessive plant growth nearby. e.g The Nile
Turbidity
How murky or not murky a body of water is
Ecology
The study of ecosystems
