Ecosystems #1
Meat eater
Carnivore
Plant eater
Herbivore
Eats both plants and meat
Omnivore
First part of the food chain; makes its own food
Producer
Made up of living and non-linving organisms
A place where salt water meets fresh water
Estuary
Area covered mainly in trees
Terrestrial
Area covered mainly by water
Aquatic
Animal that hunts other animals
Predator
Animal that gets hunted
Prey
Group of the same animals in one area
Population
Many different animals in one area
Community
Passed from animal to animal in a food chain
Energy
Animals in the food chain
Consumers
Returns nutrients back to the soil
Decomposer
Shows the relationship between many animals
Food web
When animals are fighting over the same resources
Competition
Link between animals and energy
Food chain
Hottest ecosystem
Desert
Has layers and more species of anything
Rainforest
Role an animal plays
Niche
Living things in the environment
Biotic
Coldest ecosystem; covered in permafrost
Tundra
Another name for an animal's home
Habitat
Non living things in the environment
Abiotic