Prairie Ecosystem Flashcards
1
Q
carnivore
A
an organism that eats only animals
2
Q
consumer
A
a creature that feeds on organic matter because it cannot produce
3
Q
Ecosystem
A
a community of living things along with their natural environment
4
Q
Equilibrium
A
a state of balance and stability
5
Q
Extinct
A
no longer in existence
6
Q
Food chain
A
a sequence of organisms in wich 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 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 carbon dioxide) into organic matter (Like sugar)
