Year 9 Ecosystems key terms Flashcards
(11 cards)
1
Q
Abiotic
A
Non-living parts of an ecosystem.
2
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Biome
A
A world scale ecosystem
3
Q
Biotic
A
The living parts of an ecosystem
4
Q
Canopy
A
The cover of trees in a rainforest which limits the sunlight
5
Q
consumer
A
things in an ecosystem that consume others to get their energy.
6
Q
decomposer
A
help decompose dead things in an ecosystem
7
Q
ecosystem
A
a community of living and non living things
8
Q
emergent
A
tallest tress in the rainforest that grow above others to get sunlight
9
Q
food chain
A
the relationship between who eats what in an ecosystem
10
Q
food web
A
a more complex pattern between consumers and producers in an ecosystem
11
Q
producer
A
convert sunlight into energy through photosynthesis
