Science: Healthy Ecosystems Flashcards
What is an ecosystem?
An ecosystem is the network interaction of living and non-living parts in an environment.
What is an example of an ecosystem?
Point Pelee is a place where animals benefits from food and shelter. For us, humans enjoy to watch animals and nature
Forest, Ocean, Rainforest, or Dessert
What’s the definition of Biotic?
Biotic are livings things in an environment
Plants, Animals, Bacteria, or Fish
What’s the definition of Abiotic?
Abiotic are non-living things
Sunlight, Water, Rocks, or Sand
What’s a micro-organism?
A micro-organism is where it element as to be seen by a microscope, or it’s a very small
Define species.
Species are a group of animals of the same animals in a specific place
What’s Community?
Community is a group of populations of different species in a specific place
The definition of habitat.
Meaning the environment where an organism lives, need certain elements
What’s Sunlight?
Plants and animals use the sunlight as energy to grow and reproduce
What’s Air?
Air is another basic need for life-gases found in air critical for survival
What’s Water?
All organisms need water to live and water contains oxygen and carbon dioxide
What’s Food?
Food provides organisms with nutrients which is what organisms needs to grow and maintain its body
What’s a predator?
A predator eats prey
Tigers are predator
What’s prey
Prey are ate by predator
Deer are prey for tigers
What’s Mutualism
An interaction between individuals of different species that benefits both individuals
