Habitat Study Flashcards
(17 cards)
Ecology
The study of the interactions between living things and also between organisms and their environment
Ecosystem
A group of organisms that interact with their environment
Habitats
A place where a living thing lives
Community
All the different animals and plants in an area
Vertebrate
Organism that has a back bone
Invertebrate
Organism that doesn’t have a back bone
Abiotic factors
Air temperature
Soil temperature
Soil pH
Light intensity
Competition
When organisms struggle for a resource in limited supply
Types of competition
Scramble - plants
Contest - animals
Scramble competition
All competing organisms get some of the resource
Contest competition
A physical contest between two organism in which only one of them gets the resource
Predator
Organism that catches kills and eats another organism
Prey
Organism that is eaten by the predator
Adaptation
Any characteristic that improves an organisms chance of survival
Prey adaptations
Long ears to hear predators
Eyes at the side of head for wide view
Powerful hind legs to move quickly
Predator adaptations
Excellent vision
Strong jaw to chew food
Sleek to get through things
Interdependence
The way organism rely on each other
