What's Around Me? (Ecosystem)
Nonliving parts of an ecosystem
Abiotic factors
Able to be broken down by microorganisms into harmless substances
Biodegradable
Damage to a habitat because loss of a resource or organism
Habitat Degradation
Natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate its used
Renewable Resource
Impact of a person or group of people on the environment
Ecological Footprint
Living things in an ecosystem
Biotic factors
Growing different crops in a field each year o keep it fertile
Crop Rotation
Break up of a habitat into smaller pieces
Habitat fragmintation
A natural resource that is used faster that it can be restored
Nonrenewable Resource
A species that takes over its native range
Invasive Species
A variety of life in an ecosystem
Biodiversity
An organisms that makes its own food
Producer
A species in which other organisms depend on
Keystone Species
A organism that consumes other organisms to gain energy
Consumer
An organism that breaks down dead organisms and or waste
Decomposer
The study of ecosystems and relationships between organisms
Ecology
Loss of ability to support plant growth
Soil degradation
The chemical concentration in an animal tissues as it goes up the food chain
Biomagnification
Every step in a food chain or web
Trophic level
Ecological succession that starts in an area where there was no biotic community before, usually no soil present
Primary Sucsession
A community of interacting organisms
Ecosystem
Farming of seafood under controlled conditions
Aquaculture
Increased chemical concentration within an animal
Bioaccumulation
The rate a ecosystems bounces back to its original state
Resilence
Ecological succession that happens after a major disturbance, like a wildfire, storm, or flood, usually the soil is intact
Secondary succession