Vocab 1
A large scale ecosystem; distinguished by plants, animals, and climate there
Biome
consumers that eat only plants
Herbivore
consumers that eat both plants and animals
Omnivores
an organism that eats other organisms to live
Predator
a forest containing trees that loose there leaves each year, moderate temps and rainfall.
Deciduous Forest
a community and it's physical environment together
Ecosystem
non living part of an environment
Abiotic
organism that is eaten
Prey
diagram of several connected food chains
Food Web
found near the equator, with warm temperatures and rainfall almost everyday
Rain Forest
a rolling plain that is located near the poles; with soil that is permantly frozen (permafrost)
Tundra
Consumers that eat only other animals
Carnivore
organism that gets energy by breaking down nutrients in dead organisms
Decomposer
a place in an ecosysytem where a population lives
Habitat
A biome of various tall grasses, moderate temps, and light rainfall; called the breadbasket of the world.
Grasslands
a forest of evergreens that extends across Eurasia and North America
Taiga
organisms that use energy from the sun to make their own food through photosynthesis
Producer
anything that relates to land or planet earth
Terrestrial
coastal body of water where fresh water from a river mixes with salt water from the ocean
Estuaries
living factors in the environment
What is biotic?
an area of coastal grassland that is regularly flooded by seawater
Salt Marsh
model that shows path of energy or 1 set of feeding relationships among living things
Food Chain
a substance that causes pollution
Pollutant
an organism that gets energy by eating other organisms
Consumer
a living thing that can function independently. It can be a plant, animal, or even a person.
Organism
an animal that eats the remains of other animals, or decomposing plants or animal matter
Scavenger
living or growing in, on, or near the water
Aquatic
the total number of people or animals living in a specific area
Population
when people, animals, or even plants rely on each other to survive and thrive
Interdependence
a diagram that shows how energy moves through an ecosystem. Has different Levels
Energy Pyramid