Ecosystems Flashcards
What is an ecosystem?
An ecosystem consists of all the organisms living in a particular habitat and the non-living components with which the organisms interact.
What is a population?
All the organisms of the same species living in the same area.
What is a species?
A group of living things that are able to breed to produce fertile offspring.
What is biodiversity?
The variety of living things in a defined area.
What is a habitat?
A place where an organism lives.
What is a producer?
A plant at the beginning of a food chain.
What is a consumer?
An animal in a food chain that eats something else.
What is a herbivore?
An organism that only eats plants.
What is a carnivore?
An organism that only eats animals.
What is an omnivore?
An organism that eats both plants and animals.
What is a predator?
An organism that hunts prey.
What is prey?
An organism that is hunted by a predator.
What is a community?
All the organisms in an ecosystem.
What is a niche?
The role an organism plays within its community.
What is Intraspecific competition.
When individuals of the same species compete for all the resources they need.
