Quiz Study Guide Flashcards
A living thing that eats other living things for energy
Consumer
Living thing that feeds on wastes or dead remains of plants or animals
Decomposer
The role or part (job) played by an organism in its habitat
Niche
A diagram that shows how food chains connect or overlap
Food web
Variety; a wide range of different things
Diversity
A group of living things AND the environment they live in
Ecosystem
Relating to NONLIVING things in an ecosystem (sun, water, air, soil)
Abiotic
A group of the SAME SPECIES living in the same place at the same time
Population
One single organism (living thing)
Individual
All the populations that live in the same area (ONLY living things)
Community
Complex biotic (living) community with specific animals and plants that can SURVIVE ITS CLIMATE (forest, desert, tundra, grasslands, etc.)
Biome
Zone of life on earth (all ecosystems)
Biosphere
An environment that meets the needs of an organism (home)
Habitat
A living thing, such as a PLANT, that makes its own food
Producer
Relating to LIVING THINGS in an ecosystem
Biotic