Organization
A specific individual living thing
organism
Organisms that have to eat other organisms
consumers
migration into an ecosystem
immigration
a chart that shows how energy travels from one organism to another
food chain
cycle that transfers oxygen from earth to the atmosphere
oxygen cycle
all of the populations together
community
organisms that produce their own food
producers
migration out of an ecosystem
emigration
multiple food chains overlapped on one chart
food web
water falling to earth from a cloud
precipitation
all the organism of a species
population
organisms that break down dead organisms
decomposers
population density
chart that shows the energy that is available in different layers of an ecosystem
energy pyramid
What cycle is directly impacted by burning fossil fuels
carbon cycle
all living and non living things together
ecosystem
organisms that eat only dead organisms
scavengers
factors that stop or slow the growth of a population
limiting factors
The amount of energy that is given to the next layer of the ecosystem
10%
water turning from liquid to gas
evaporation
Non living portions of the ecosystem
abiotic factors
level 1 consumers
The maximum number of organisms that a habitat can hold
carrying capacity
layer of the energy pyramid that has the least amount of energy available
level 3 consumer
What is it called when water forms clouds
condensation