UNIT 2 List ECOLOGY RG Flashcards
what is a abiotic factor?
non living part of a ecosystem
what is a biotic factor?
Living organism in a ecosystem
what are Autotrophs?
an organism that can produce food by its self
what is Bioaccumulation?
the change of chemicals in a biological orgnaism
what are herotrophs?
an organism that eats other organisms to get energy
what is Carbon Sink?
something that absorbs carbon from the atmosphere
what is Carnivore?
A organism that eats consumers/meat
what is Commensalism?
one organism benifts while the other organism doesn’t get harm or benefit
what is Competition?
its when 2 organisms compete to get a limited resource
what is a Consumer?
an organism that eats a plant or another organism to get energy
what is a Herbivore?
an organism that eats plants
what is a Habitat?
a natural home for organisms can in live
what is a food chain?
it shows a graph of organism eating another organism to get energy
what is a Food Web?
all food chains of an ecosystem
what is a Decomposer?
an organism that decomposes organic materials
what is a Ecosystem?
an area where organisms live thogheter
what is Leaching?
process of water leave the soil
what is a Energy Pyramid
a model of levels of the flow of energy throguh thropic levels
what is Limiting Factor
slows or stops a species from growing in population
what is NICHE?
Niche is when every organism has a role to help the community
what is mutualism?
when one organism is benifted while the other is either benifted or unharmed
what is a Omnivore?
An organism that eats both animals and plants
what is a predator?
an animal that hunts prey
what is a prey ?
an animal being hunted
