Ecology Flashcards
(24 cards)
Biotic
all living things
Abiotic
all non-living things
Population
how much of what
Community
what is in what area
Ecosystem
a community
Biosphere
Earth
Herbivore
eats only plants
Carnivore
eats only meat
Omnivore
eats both meat and plants
Food Chain
what eats what
Food Web
a food chain
Energy pyramid
what gives the most enegry
Carrying capacity
how much someone can hold
Predator
things that eat the prey
Desert
hot place that barely gets water
Mutualism
mutates
Commensalism
underwater
Producers
makes energy
Decomposers
decompose dead stuff
Temperate deciduous forest
warm forest
Tropical rain forest
lots of trees and lots of rain
Coniferous forest
found in warm areas
Savanna
it is somewhere grassy and has tree but very little
Temperate grassland
grasslands