ecology Flashcards
(27 cards)
biotic
interactions of living organisms
abiotic
nonliving part of the environment
population
a group of the same species
community
all the species in the same place
ecosystem
a community of animals
biosphere
the part of earth where life exists
herbivore
an animal that eats only plants
carnivore
an animal that eats animals
omnivore
an animal that eats both plants and animals
food web
a diagram that shows the feeding relationships be tween the plants and animals
food chain
a pathway of energy
energy pyramid
triangle that shows an ecosystem’s loss of energy
Carrying capacity
the largest population that an environment can support
prey
food for an other animal
predator
kills other animals for food
mutualism
a relationship in which two different animals benefit
commensalism
a relatioship where on animal benefit out of the two
Parasitism
living as a parasite in or on another organism.
Producers
plants that gives energy two herbivores
Decomposers
mushrooms and bacteria
Desert
dry place with littel ran
Tundra
lick the desert but with snow
Temperate deciduous forest
trees that lose their leaves each year.
Tropical rain forest
like the temperate forests but they stay open
