Science Terms Flashcards
Abiotic
Non-living parts of an environment
Biotic
Living things in an environment
Niche
The function or position of a species within an ecological community
Habitat
the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism
Levels of Organization
Organism, Population, Community, Ecosystem, Biosphere
Biodiversity
the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem
Ecology
the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings.
Food Web
a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains
Organism
a living thing
Food Chain
a food chain is the sequence of who eats whom in a biological community (an ecosystem) to obtain nutrition. A food chain starts with the primary energy source, usually the sun or boiling-hot deep sea vents
Decomposer
an organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material
Herbivore
an organism that only eats plants
Carnivore
an organism that only eats meat
Omnivore
an organism that eats both meat and plants
Habitat
the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism
