Vocabulary 1
Meaning of biotic
living
A word which means dry. without water
Drought
Define Ecosystem
The interaction of all the living and nonliving things in an area
The arrows in a food chain or food web shows what?
The flow of energy.
Name a famous consumer that lives in Georgia's Blue Ridge Mountain ecosystem
The Red wolf
Meaning of Abiotic
Not living
Scarcity
Not enough of something
Food chain
describes the order in which matter and energy in the form of food are transferred from one organism to another.
Drought in an ecosystem is an example of an __________
Abiotic factor
Why are plants considered producers
Because they make their own food
A Producer
An organism that can make its own food
Overabundant
Too much of something
A group of food chains within an ecosystem.
A food web
If disease causes many frogs in an ecosystem to die, this is a change in ___________________
Biotic Factor
Elephants are a type of consumer that eat only ____________
Plants
An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
A consumer
Any type of plant or animal that is in danger of disappearing forever or going extinct
Endangered organism
Unbalanced Ecosystem
When there is an overabundance or scarcity of any organism in the ecosystem
Pollution in a pond is an example of ____________
Abiotic factor
A lion is an example of a consumer that eats only _____________
animals
A Decomposer
An organism that breaks down dead plants and animals
When a species of animal no longer exists
Extinct
Environment
The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.
If a snake eats a mouse in an ecosystem, energy flows from
the mouse to the snake.
An example of animals that eat both plants and animals is ________________________
Humans