Vocab
The study of how plants and animals interact with their environment
Ecology
The first of consumers, mostly herbivore, could be an omnivore too
Primary Consumer (first level consumer)
Organism in an ecosystem that must eat for food (animals)
Consumer
to breakdown or wear away
Decay
non-living organisms in an ecosystem, rock, water, air
Abiotic Factor
A scientist who studies the interactions of plants and animals with their environment
Ecologist
The second level of consumers, predators
Second Consumer (second level consumer)
A consumer that only eats plants, a cow
Herbivore
a substance such as food or water a living thing needs to survive
Nutrients
having certain body part or behaviors that allow the organism to survive in its ecosystem
Adaptation
How organisms in an ecosystem interact with one another according to what they eat
Food Chain
A third level consumer
Tertiary
A consumer that only eats meat, a tiger
Carnivore
organisms that consume other organisms that are already dead, a vulture
Scavenger
the ability to blend with the environment
Camouflage
Shows the interaction among many different food chains in a single ecosystem
Food Web
A synonym for a plant
Vegetation
A consumer that eats plants and meat, a human
Omnivore
resources from the earth, sun, water, wind, metals and oil
Natural Resources
an organism that eats another organism
Predator
The pyramid shows how energy flows in an ecosystem
Energy Pyramid
On organism that makes its own food (plants)
Producer
A consumer that breaks down the tissues of dead organisms and puts those nutrients into the soil, an earth worm, fungi, mushrooms
Decomposer
living organisms in an ecosystem, plants and animals
Biotic Factor
an organism that the predator eats
Prey