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ECOSYSTEM
16 cards·by Micah Vick
Ecosystem
all the living and non-living things in an area
Population
a group of organisms of one species that live in an area
Community
the group of all the populations in an area
Niche
the jog an organism has in an ecosystem
Habitat
the place in an ecosystem in which an organism lives
Cycle
a repeating process or flow of material through a system
Consumer
an organism that eats other organisms
Producer
an organism, usually a plant that makes its own food
Scavenger
an animal that feeds on dead organisms, especially a carnivorous animal that eats dead
animals, in addition to hunting live prey.
Decomposer
an organism that gets nutrients by breaking down dead organisms
Environment
all that conditions surrounding a living thing
Photosynthesis
the process by which plants use light energy to make sugars
Carbon dioxide
a gas produced when people or animals breathe out or certain fuels are burned
Ecology
the branch of biology that deals with relations of organisms
Micro- organisms
a microscopic organism-(example bacteria,virus,fungus)
Germination
the process by which a plant grows from a seed