Vocabulary Flashcards
Energy pyramid
A model that shows the available amount of energy in each tropic layer in an ecosystem
Food webs
A model that shows many different feeding relationships among living things
Decomposer
Organisms which carry out the process of decomposition by breaking down dead or decaying organisms
Food chain
A model that shows one set of feeding relationships among living things
Coniferous
Of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing cones and evergreen leaves
Consumer
An organism that eats other living things to get energy an organism that does not produce its own food.
Biome
A major ecological community such as grasslands tropical rain forest and desserts
Deciduous
Of a tree or shrub shedding its leaves annually
Ecology
A basic presentation of ecological concepts for the visual learners
Cycle
A process that repeats
Nitrogen cycle
A process in which nitrogen in the atmosphere enter the soil and becomes part of leaving organisms even eventually returns to the
Biotic factors
The living things in an ecosystems are called biotic factors living things include plants, animals, bacteria, fungi, and more
Water cycle
The water cycle explains how water gets from the sky to the earth and back again .
Abiotic factor
The non living thing parts of an ecosystem are called tic factors some include sunlight, temperature , atmosphere , and glasses water and soil
Producer
An organisms that makes it own food an organism that does not consume other plants or animals.
