Life on earth π Flashcards
(16 cards)
Niche
A role an organism plays within itβs community
Consumer
An organism that canβt make its own food but has to eat another organism
Predator
A animal that haunts another animal for food
Prey
A animal that gets haunted by another animal for food
Biotic factors
Competition/ Food availability/ Predation/Disease/Grazing
Producer
A green plant that has to make its own food by a process called photosynthesis
3 types of consumers
Herbivore/Carnivore/Omnivore
2 types of competition
inTERspecific and inTRAspecific
Ecosystem
Itβs a community of living organisms interacting with their environment
Abiotic
the non-living components of an ecosystem
Community
all organisms that live together in a ecosystem
Pitfall traps
Are devices used to capture small animals
Population
a group of organisms of one species in an ecosystem
Nitrogen circle
Passes protein
Habitat
the natural environment in which a organism lives
biodiversity
is the variety of life