Miscellaneous
all the living and non-living things in the environment, and how they interact
ecosystem
What is the food chain?
The sequence of who consumes whom in an ecosystem to obtain nutrients to survive.
a major ecological community such as grassland, tropical rain forest, or desert
biome
an area of land covered mostly with grass with few bushes or trees
grassland
Mainly aquatic organisms that produce their own food through photosynthesis. This organism is usually green but can also be brown, red, or yellow-green.
Algae
a large naturally occurring area of land with largely evergreen forest vegetation found in northern sections of the Northern Hemisphere
taiga
What is a biotic organism that produces their own food. Often referred to as autotrophs
Producer
all of the living parts of an ecosystem
Biotic
a forest that is humid and rainy for much of a year
tropical rain forest
The amount of salt that is in the water.
Salinity
a large body of salt water that covers most of Earth
Ocean
The order in which energy is passed along. 10% of the energy in organisms doesn’t get passed along.
Energy Pyramid
a coastal body of water where fresh water from a river mixes with salt water from the ocean
Estuary
extremely cold climate located near the North and South Poles and on the tops of mountains, receives very little precipitation and has no trees
tundra
This known as an extreme drop off that separates shallow and deep water
Continental Shelf
a fairly small body of still water
Pond
Organisms that feed off of dead organisms in order to survive.
Decomposers
small organisms that drift through bodies of water; include animals, plants, and bacteria
Plankton
A biome that gets little precipitation and has very little vegetation
Desert
What are the 3 types of symbiosis?
–Mutualism
– Commensalism
–Parasitism
all of the nonliving parts of an ecosystem
Abiotic
Organisms that must eat other organisms in order to survive. Also referred to as Heterotrophs.
Consumers
anything that relates to land or planet earth
Terrestrial
a forest containing trees that lose their leaves each year
deciduous forest
Shows how organisms are connected in many ways.
food web