Words Flashcards
Detritus
Example-gravel ,sand ,dead leaves,road kill
Waste from plants and animals,including their dead remains
Decomposers
Example- mushroom
Bacteria+fungi feed on decaying matter
Habitat
Example- shelter,water,food,space,bee hive
Place where a species can live
Niche
Example- Gardner spider
An organisms role in the community
Ecology
Example-studying food chain in a wetlands area
Study on how organisms interact with each other
Abiotic
Example-sunlight ,water depth
Non living factors or influences on organisms
Biotic
Example-plants,animals,fungi
Factors caused by the presence and roles of other living things
Population
Example- people, animals
All of the members of the same species,living in the same ecosystem or habitat
Community
Example- all the species of a pond
Collection of all the populations of all the species in an ecosystem or habitat
Ecosystem
Example- forest,grass lands,deserts
Community of organisms that interact with each other
Photosynthesis
Carbon dioxide + water (light energy) sugar + oxygen
Limiting factor
Restricts the size of a population from reaching its full potential
Food web
A network of food chains
Food chain
A series of types of living things in which each one uses the next lower member as a source of food
Sustainability
Taking what we need to live now
Not being harmful to environment
