ecology | factors in the environment | Nutritional relationships | biomes | miscellaneous |
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What is abiotic factors
factor for nonliving things
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What is a ecosystem
the living community and the physical environment functioning together as an independent and relatively stable system
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What is a carnivore
animal that eats only meat
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What is a desert
biome with very hot days and very little rain and vegetation
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What is biosphere
area of earth containing all living things
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What is a habitat
a organisms home
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What is a community
many species in an area
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What is a omnivore
both plant and animal diet
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What is mutualism
when both organisms benefit
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What is predator prey
when one organism eats another
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What is biotic factors
factor for living things
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What is carrying capacity
the number of organisms an ecosystem can support
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What is a food web
series of connected food chains
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What is competition
organisms fighting for resources
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What is commensalism
when one organism benefits ad the other doesnt care
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What is a niche
organisms role in environment
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What is a population
a group of organisms of the same species
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What is a autotroph
another word for producer
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What is the tundra
biome that is very cold with little plant life and it is close to the north pole
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What is biodiversity
variety of species within an ecosystem
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What is ecology
study of interactions between living things and nonliving things
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What are limiting factors
prevents a population from getting too large
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What is a heterotroph
another word for consumer
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What is grass land
biome that receives enough rain to allow crops to grow
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What is parasitism
when one organism benefits and the other is harmed
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