Wildlife Biology Flashcards
Ecosystem
a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
Biotic factor
Living factors like animals
Abiotic factor
non living factors like the sun
organism
an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.
species
a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.
population
the size of a group of organisms
community
group of organisms considered living together
habitat
the place or realm where organisms live
natural selection
survival of the fittest basically
Evolution
organisms change to better survive
producers
they produce stuff for other
consumers
they consume tgings in the ecosystem
Primary consumers
they consume the most
primary producers
they produce the most
secondary consumers
second most consumers
Tertiary consumers
the types of consumers they are
carnivores
they eat other animals
omnivores
the eat only vegetables
decomposers
they decompose things
food chain
a chain of the food web
food web
a chain of food
energy pyramid
it explains eneegy
carbon cycle
the cycle of carbon and stuff
Nitrogyn cycle
cycle of nitrogen
