Ecosystems Vocabulary Flashcards
Energy pyramid
Is a graphical model of energy flow in a community
Food web
A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains
Decomposer
An organism,especially a soil bacterium fungus,or invertebrate
Food chain
A hierarchical series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food
Coniferous
Belonging or pertaining to the conifers
Consumer
A person or thing that consumes
Biome
A complex biotic community characterized by distinctive plant and animal
Deciduous
Shedding the leaves annualy, as Sertain trees and shrubs
Ecology
The branch of biology
Cycle
Any complete round or series of occurrences that reapeats or is reapeted
Nitrogen cycle
The continuous sequence of events be which atmosphere as water vapor
Biotic factors
A living thing,as as an animal or plant
Water cycle
The natural sequence through which water passes into the atmosphere as water vapor
Abiotic factor
A nonliving condition or thing
Producer
A person who excepts economic value