Sustainability
Ability to meet the needs of the present generation without compromising further generation.
Community
Populations of all the species in a particular area.
Herbivore
Eats plants.
Heterotroph
gets food from another source
Trophic level
position of an organism in the energy flow of an ecosystem.
Ecosystem
The living and non- living components of a biological community.
Flow of energy
From one organism to another, always draw arrows pointing to the organism that's receiving the energy.
Omnivore
Eats plants/meat
Primary consumer
First to eat.
food web
food chains linked with each other to form a feeding relationship.
Ecology
The study of how organisms interact with each other and the environment.
Producer
Can make or produce its own food
decomposer
feed on the dead.
Secondary consumer
feeds off primary. second to eat.
Biodiversity
number of species in an ecosystem
Population
All members of the same species, living in the same habitat at the same time.
consumer
organisms in an ecosystem that feed on other organisms to get their energy.
Autotroph
produce its own food.
Tertiary
feeds off secondary. third to eat.
niche
3 Criteria required for population
Same species, same habitat, same time.
Carnivore
Eats meat.
Photosynthesis
uses abiotic factors to produce food, plants use suns energy to make food.
quaternary consumer
feeds off tertiary. fourth to eat.
Exotic species
AN organism that is not native to place or area where considered. transported to new location.