What is the 3 main components that Earth can be divided up into?
1. atmosphere
2. lithosphere
3. hydrosphere
What is a biosphere
the zone around earth that life can exist.
what is an organism
living things
what is niche
the role of an organism in its ecosystem
what is a scavenger
an organism the consumes dead things
what is the atmosphere?
a layer of gas that surrounds the earth
What is an ecosystem
an ecosystem is composed with living and non living things
what is a population
all the same species that live in the same area
what is a produce or autotrophs
organisms that creat there own food
what are decomposers
an organism that eats dead organisms left overs
what is the one layer in the atmosphere that supports life?
trophosphere
what is biotic
living things
what is a community
diffrent species living in the same area
what is a primary consumer
an organism that only eats plants/ herbiovore
what is competition
when 2 different populations fight for the same food
what is the lithosphere
a layer of rock that makes up the outer shell of earth
what is abiotic
non living things
what is a biome
described land that contains ecosystems
what is a top consumer
an organism that only eats meat/ carnivora
what are the 2 types of compitition
1. intraspecific - 2 of the same species competing against each other
2. interspecific - 2 different species competing against each other
what is the hydrosphere?
all Earth's water
what is species
similar organisms that can reproduce
what is an omnivore
an organism that eats both plants and animals
what are symbiosis
when 2 or more species live in close contact