Wildlife Flashcards
Community of organisms and there enviorment
Ecosystem
living things in a ecosystem
Biotic factors
non living things that affect organisims living habitat
Abiotic
fancy term for living thing
Organism
a group of animals there broad name
species
number of animals
Population
plants and species living together make up this
Community
where animals live
Habbitat
process where an animal or plant is weak and gets took out
Natural selection
The term that animals have evolved over time to adapt
Evolution
Organism that synthesiszes its own food using light or chemical energy
Producers or Autotrophs
have to eat to gain energy
Consumers or Heterotrophs
feeds on primary producers
Primary Consumer
second position on the food chain
Secondary consumer
top level consumer in the food chain
Tertiary
eats plants
Herbivore
eats meat
Carnivore
eats plants and animals
Omnivore
breaks down and decomposes things
decomposeres
shows animal eating animal from sun to decomposeres
food chain
shows relations of predator and prey in a series of lines
food web
shows energy go down from the sun
Energy pyramid
carbon compondands in the biosphere
carbon cycle
process where nitrogen changes chemical forms
nitrogen cycle
change in species structure over a period of time
ecological succession
succession of plant live
primary succession
succession of plant life due to a major event
secondary succession
hardy species that colonized first
pioneer species
biological community
climax community
