Ecology Flashcards
A model that shows the available amount of energy in each tropic layer in an Ecosystem.
Energy Pyramid
A model that shows many different feeding relationships among living things in a given area
Food web
Organisms which carry out the process of breaking down dead or decaying organisms
Decomposer
A model that shows one set of feeding relationships among living things
Food chain
Plants that produce reproductive organs called cones
Coniferous
An organism that eats other living things to get energy
Consumer
A forest containing trees with leaves that fall off each year
Deciduous
The study among organisms and their environment
Ecology
The movement of a substance through different stages or phases
Cycle
A process in which nitrogen in the atmosphere enters the soil and will eventually return back to the atmosphere
Nitrogen cycle
The living things in an area such as fungi, animals, bacteria, and plants
Biotic factors
The endless movement of water between the land, air and ocean
Water cycle
An organism that makes its own food
Producer
A natural cycle in which carbon compounds are incorporated into
Carbon cycle
An animal that hunts and eats other animals
Predator
