Organisms & Environment Flashcards
(25 cards)
Aquatic ecosystems
included freshwater and marine biomes
Terrestrial ecosystem
Is a ecosystem that is on land (Ex:Desert)
Parasitism
Is a interaction of 2 organisms, while 1 organism benefits the other is harmed
Mutualism
Interaction in 2 organisms in which both benefit from each other (Ex: Fish & corals)
Commensalism
interaction between 2 organisms in which one benefits and the other is not affected
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Food Web
A model that shows all the possible feeding relationships between organisms
Trophic levels
Autotrophs,heterotrophs,including primary consumers(herbivore and secondary consumers)
Producer
Which a organism produces its own food (photosynthesis) like plants
Consumer Organism that eats other organism for
Organisms that eat others organisms to gain energy (Ex:Carnivores,herbivores,omnivores)
Decomposer
Organisms that breaks down remains of a dead organisms(Ex:fungi)
Herbivore
Organism that only eats plant (Ex:Rabbits & Girafes
Carnivores
Organism that only eats meats/other animals(Ex:Hawk tigers)
Parasite
organism that survives on a host & cause damage to them
Host
organism that is used by another for nutrients,shelter,or transport it is harmed by the relationship(Ex:mosquitoes)
Prey
Is a organism that is hunted as food from another organism
Predator
Organism that hunts for its food
population
A group of living organisms of the SAME KIND living in the SAME PLACE
Niche
Organism job or role in a ecosystem(Ex: ladybug eating aphids)
Community
ALL SPECIES or POPULATIONS living in the same are
Competition
When more than 1 organism competes for the same foods
Intraspecies
when 2 of the same species compete for the same food
Interspecies competition
when 2 different species compete for the same food
Invasive species vs. Native species
invasive species mean that a species that is non-native a
Biotic
Is a living organism(Ex:animals plants,fungi)