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 it.
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 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 organisms of a certain kind in a particular place.
10
Q
Prairie
A
a region of flat or gently hilly land is dominated by grasses and has few or no trees.
11
Q
Producer
A
an organism that can convert simple inorganic matter into organic matter.
