Scuence Flashcards
(23 cards)
Ecosystem
The living/nonliving things in one place
Abiotic factor
Nonliving parts of an ecosystem
Biotic factor
Living. Things in a ecosystem
Population
All of the members of one species in one area
Community
All the population for ecosystem
Biome
A geographic area that contains ecosystems with similar biotic and abiotic features
Succession
Gradual change from one Community to aNother community in an area
Symbiosis
A close relationship between two species
Mutualism
A relationship between two species in which both benefit
Parasitism
A relationship which one benefits and the other is harmed
Commensalism
Relationship between species where one is helped in the other is unaffected
Producer
Organism that makes it’s own food
Consumer
An organism that feeds on other organisms
Decomposer
Simple organism that breaks down returning it to the environment
Herbivore
Eats plants
Omnivore
Eats plants and animals
Carnivore
Eats meat
Food chain
Path of food energy from the sun to a producer
Food web
Arrangement on several overlapping food chains
Energy pyramid
Diagram that demonstrate the flow of energy through a food chain
Predator
Animal that kills and eats other animals
Prey
Organism that is killed and eaten by another animal
Ecology
The study of how organisms interact with each other and with their environment