ecoloogy Flashcards
(16 cards)
consumer
eats other living organism
producer
plant or protist makes it own food
primary consumer
herbivores
animal that eats plants
secondary consumer
animal that feeds on other plant eating animals
decomposers
break down dead organism
ecology
study of how organisms interact with each other and the environment
community
all living things in a area
ecosystem
all living and nonliving things in a area
biotic
living organisms
abiotic
nonliving organisms
biome
large area with a certain clima or group of ecosystem
clima
temperature and precipitation
biosphere
earth
photosynthesis
6co2+6h2o+sunlight+c6h12o+6o2
carbondix+water+sunlight+glucose(sugar)+oxygen
scavengers
feed on plant and animals that remain and other dead matter(detritus)
food chain
shows how energy moves through living organisms