Prairie Ecosystem Flashcards
1
Q
carnivore
A
organism that only eats animals
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 enviroment
4
Q
equilibrium
A
a state of balance and stability
5
Q
extinct
A
no longer to exist
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 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
