Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Unit 11
Energy in Ecosystems
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| environment | all the living and nonliving things that surround and affect the organism |
| ecosystem | a community of organisms and the environment in which they live |
| population | all the organisms of the same kind that live together in an ecosystem |
| community | a group of organisms that live in the same area and interact with each other |
| habitat | the place where an organism lives and can find everything it needs to survive |
| niche | the role a plant or animal plays in its habitat |
| photosynthesis | the process that plants use to make their own food |
| chlorophyll | a green pigment in plants that allows a plant cell to use light to make food |
| producer | a living thing, such as a plant, that can make its own food |
| consumer | a living thing that cannot make its own food and must eat other living things |
| decomposer | a living thing that gets energy by breaking down dead organisms and animal wastes into simpler substances |
| food chain | the transfer of food energy between organisms in an ecosystem |
| food web | a group of food chains that overlap |
| energy pyramid | a diagram that shows how much energy is passed from one organism to the next at each level in a food chain |
| succession | a gradual change of the kinds of organisms in an ecosystem |
| extinction | a plant or an animal species that is no longer living or existing |
Created by:
wmsScience
Popular Science sets