ecosystems
exposure to the sun's rays; the amount of solar radiation reaching a given area.
Insolation
The members of a species that live in the same area
population
the Earth and all of its organisms and environments
biosphere
A consumer that eats only animals.
carnivore
Any part of an ecosystem that has never been living
abiotic factor
All the different populations that live together in an area
commuinty
A diagram of feeding relationships and energy flow showing the paths by which nutrients and energy pass from organism to organism as one consumes another
food web
a consumer that only eats plants
herbivore
Any part of an ecosystem that is living or used to be living
the specific environment in which an organism lives
habitat
A representation of the distribution of biomass, numbers, or energy among trophic levels
trophic pyramid
a consumer that eats both plants and animals
omnivore
Any living thing
A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
ecosystem
The process by which dead organic matter is broken down into simpler inorganic substances and nutrients, making that energy available to use in the ecosystem again
Decomposition
A diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web
energy pyramid
group of organisms that can successfully breed to produce fertile offspring.
species
A group of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms
biome
A measure of disorder or randomness in a system
entropy
A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
ecosystem