prairie dog Flashcards
1
Q
Carnivore
A
an organism that only eats aimals
2
Q
Consumer
A
a creature that feeds on organic matter because it cannot produce it
3
Q
Ecosystem
A
a community of living things along with their natural envirement
4
Q
Equilibrum
A
a state of balance and stabilityT
5
Q
Extinct
A
no longer in existence (an organism is extinct if it has died out)
6
Q
Food chain
A
a sequence or organisms in which each organism feeds on one below
7
Q
Herbivore
A
an animal that eats plants
8
Q
Orginism
A
a living thing
9
Q
Population
A
all the organisms of a certain kind in a particular place
10
Q
Prairie
A
a region of flat or gently hilly land that is dominated by grasses and has few or no trees
11
Q
Producer
A
an organism that can convert simple inorganic matter (such as water and carbon dioxide) into organic matter (like sugar and protein
