Chapter 2 Flashcards
(25 cards)
Different types of plants and animals
Species
Plants animals and microbes in a given area
Biota
Plants that have similar characteristics
Association
Dynamic complex of plant, animal, an microorganism communities and their nonliving enviroments
Ecosystem
Groups of interacting ecosystems
Landscapes
The way different categories of organisms fit together
Biotic structure
Major feeding relationships between organisms
Trophic levels
Green plants that use photosynthesis to get food
Producers
Refers to materials that make up living organisms
Organic
Stuff that isn’t living
Inorganic
Consumers
Heterotrophs
People that eat producers
Primary consumers
People that eat the primary consumers
Secondary consumers
Bacteria that causes disease
Pathogens
Fallen plant material
Detritus
Autotrophs, primary consumers, tertiary consumers, ad nauseam
Trophic levels
Where a species is naturally adapted to live
Habitat
Factor that limits life in an ecosystem
Limiting factor
Factors that inhibit growth in excess
Synergisms
Annual rainfall is 30-80 inches
Temperate deciduous forest biome
Annual rainfall is 10-60 inches
grassland and prairie biome
Annual rainfall less than 10 inches
Desert
High altitude, northern regions of coniferous trees and cold
Coniferous forest
Term that refers to human cultivation of nature(agriculture, animal husbandry, etc)
Human systems
