sceince biolagy Flashcards
(35 cards)
mutualism
(+/+)
parasitism
(+/-)
commensalism
(+/unaffected)
ecosystem
a landscape where animals, plants and other organisms work together to form a bubble of life
Biotic
a living part of an ecosystem
Abiotic
a non-living part of an ecosystem
Organism
an animal, cell or plant
Megafauna
a large usually extinct organism
Producers
an organism that makes there own food E.G plants
Consumers
an organism that doesn’t make its food and instead eats other plants/animals for energy
Autotrophs
an organism that produced its food using carbon dioxide, light or other chemicals to produce energy
Heterotrophs
an organism that eats other plants or animals for energy or nutrients
Trophic level
the position of an organism in the food chain
Food chain
group of organisms linked in order of the food they eat
Food web
consists of all the food chains in a single ecosystem
Apex predator
a predator at the top of the food chain with no predators of its own
Competition
Predator
an animal that naturally preys on others
Prey
an animal that is caught and killed by another for food
Energy pyramid
a diagram that shows the flow of energy from one tropic level to another
Photosynthesis
when a plant turns carbon dioxide, water and sunlight into oxygen and energy
Ectothermic
cold-blooded animals
Endothermic
non-cold blooded animals
Herbivore
an organism that mostly feeds on plants