Ecosytem 1
Living things in the environment
Biotic Factors
A group of one or more species living in a certain habitat (ex: All the foxes)
A Population
A large body of water that covers about 71% of the Earth
Oceans
Any plant or plantlike organism that grows in the water (ex: seaweeds)
Algae
A living thing that makes its food (a green plant). These are also called autotrophs
A Producer
Non-living things in the environment
Abiotic Factors
A group of all living things that interact in an ecosystem (ex: grass, foxes, deer, trees)
A Community
An area where salt water mixes with fresh water
Estuary
When plants and animals depend on each other
Interdependence
An organism that get their energy from eating other organisms. These are heterotrophs
A Consumer
The place in which a plant and animal lives.
Habitat
A community of plants and animals (living and non-living) that interact with their environment.
Ecosystems
The biome has lots of rainfall and is located in the tropical regions
Tropical Rainforest
The process by which plants use the sun to make their own food and nutrients
Photosynthesis
An organism that feeds on and break down dead plants and animals
A Decomposer
The study of the relationship between plants, animals, and their environment.
Ecology
Land-based ecosystems
Terrestrial Ecosystem
This biome have an abundance of trees that loses all of its leaves in the fall. This is the biome that we live in. It is the only Biome that has (4) seasons.
Deciduous Forest
A web that consists of all the food chains in a single ecosystem. This represent several interrelated (connected) webs that represent a feeding relationship with food chains
Food Web
The Part that a plant or animal plays in an ecosystem.
Niche
A community of plants and animals (living and non-living) that interact with their environment.
Ecosystem
Water-based ecosystems are called.....
Aquatic Ecosystems
Land where grass or grass-like vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life
Grasslands
This chain describes who eat who and every living thing need food to survive. It is a possible pathway that energy and nutrients can follow through the ecosystem. ex: grass produces its own food from sunlight. A rabbit eats the grass
A Food Chain
A group of one or more species living in a certain habitat (ex: All the foxes)
Population