Prairie Ecosystem Flashcards
1
Q
Carnivore
A
An organism that eats only animals
2
Q
Consumer
A
A creature that feeds an organic matter because it cannot produce it
3
Q
Ecosystem
A
A community of living things along with their natural
4
Q
Equilibrium
A
A state of balance and stability
5
Q
Extinct
A
No longer in existence(An organism is extinct if it has died out.)
6
Q
Food Chain
A
A sequence of organisms in which each organism feeds on the one below
7
Q
Herbivore
A
An animal that eats plants
8
Q
Organism
A
A living thing
9
Q
Population
A
All the organisms of a certain kind in a particular
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)
