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Ecology Vocabulary!
Um . . . Ecology Vocabulary, I guess.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are biotic organisms? | biotic organsims are all living organsims |
| What are abiotics organsims? | abiotic organisms are all non-living organisms |
| What are consumers? | comsumers are organisms that must feed on other things to survive (all animals are consumers) |
| What are porducers? | producers are organisms that feed itself by the process of photosynthesis (all plants are producers) |
| What are decomposers? | decomposers are organisms that obtain energy from rotting bodies of deceased organisms (fungi and some bacteria are decomposers) |
| What is photosynthesis? | photosynthesis is the process in which light, sugar, and Co2 are combined to make food to feed a producer. all plants can preform this |
| What is a predator? | a predator is an organism that hunts prey to feed itself |
| What is prey? | prey is an organism being hunted by a predator |
| What is a herbivore? | a herbivore is an orgainism that eats only plants |
| What is a carnivore? | a carnivore is an orgainism that eats only meat |
| What is an omnivore? | an omnivore is an organism that eats both plants and meat |
| What is a scavenger? | a scavenger is an organism that feeds on dead animal's decaying bodies. (Example: vultures) |