Basic Vocab
A non-living part of an ecosystem
What is an abiotic factor?
An animal that only eats plants
What is a herbivore?
A simple model showing energy flow
What is a food chain?
A living thing that makes its own food
What is a producer?
What happens when organisms fight for the same resources?
What is competition?
A living part of an ecosystem
What is a biotic factor?
An animal that only eats meat
What is a carnivore?
A model showing many connected food chains
What is a food web?
An organism that breaks down dead matter
What is a decomposer?
A species that causes harm in a new ecosystem
What is an invasive species?
A living thing that carries out life processes
What is an organism?
An animal that eats both plants and animals
What is an omnivore?
A model showing energy at each level
What is a food pyramid?
An organism that eats dead matter and waste
What is a detritivore?
The process of breaking down dead matter
What is decomposition?
The natural environment where a species lives
What is a habitat?
A living thing that eats other living things
What is a consumer?
The process plants use to make food
What is photosynthesis?
A hunter that eats other organisms
What is a predator?
The top predator in a food chain with no natural enemies
What is an apex predator?
The study of ecosystems
What is ecology?
An organism that feeds on producers
What is a primary consumer?
The ability to move, grow, and function
What is energy?
An organism that is hunted and eaten
What is prey?
Tiny organisms in water that are producers
What is phytoplankton?