Science
What is the vocab word for, all the living organisms in an ecosystem?
biodiversity
What is the vocab word for, a living thing?
Biotic factor.
What is the vocab word for, a nonliving thing?
Aboitic factor.
What is the vocab word for, takes place with organisms eating or being eaten by another organism?
Direct Interaction.
What is the vocab word for, the process by which toxins or polution build up in a food chain?
bioaccumulation
What is the vocab word for, a group of organisms in an area or location?
population(s)
What is the vocab word for, a substance that organisms need to survive, grow, and reproduce?
Nutrients
What is the vocab word for, any kind of green plant?
producer
What is the vocab word for, they make up the second trophic level. They are also called herbivores. They eat primary producers plants or algae and nothing else?
primary consumer
What is the vocab word for, energy transfering from one organism to the other?
food chain
What is the vocab word for, consisting of all the food chains in a single ecosystem?
food web
What is the vocab word for, an organism that gets eaten by another organism?
prey
What is the vocab word for, an organism that eats other organisms?
predator
What is the vocab word for, largely carnivores that feed on the primary consumers or herbivores?
secondary consumer
What is the vocab word for, a organism that eats organic material?
decomposer
What is the vocab word for, the process in which green plants use sunlight to make their own food?
photosynthesis
What is the vocab word for, organism on the food chain that depends on producers or other consumers for food, nutrition, and energy?
consumer
What is the vocab word for, those that eats the secondary consumers/large predators?
tertiary consumer
What is the vocab word for, a location where organisms live?
ecosystem
What is the vocab word for, indirect interactions that occur when the effect of one species on another is mediated by a third species?
indirect Interaction