Living Systems Vocab Flashcards
Organism
A living thing made up of cell or cells
Structural Adaptations
Physical attributes that help organisms meet life needs.
Behavioral Adaptations
Certain activities organisms perform that help them meet life needs.
Ecosystem
A community and its nonliving environment
Environment
Everything that surrounds an organism
Community
All of the populations in one ecosystem
Population
All the organisms of one species that live in a certain place
Niche
The function that an organism performs in the food web or a given community
Habitat
The place or kind of place in which an animal or plant naturally lives; food, water, shelter, and space
Consumer
A living thing that depends on producers for food
Producer
A living thing that can use sunlight to make sugars (food)
Decomposer
A consumer that puts materials from dead plants and animals back into the soil, air, and water
Life Cycle
The stages in the life of a plant or animal
Food Chain
The path energy and materials take in a community
Food Web
The flow of energy and materials through connected food chains.
