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Basic Ecology
Different biomes, eaters, etc. The basics.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| study of relationship between organisms and their environment | Ecology |
| nonliving components of an ecosystem | Abiotic |
| Portion of earth in which living things exist | Ecosphere |
| Contains all biomes and ecosystems | Biosphere |
| living components of an ecosystem | Biotic |
| large distinct terrestrial region having similar climate, soil, plants & animals, types determined by temperature and precipitation | Biome |
| Savanna | Grassland biome |
| Taiga (Boreal forest) | coniferous forest (pine trees) biome |
| Deciduous Forest | forest where trees lose their leaves (east coast) |
| Permafrost | permanently frozen layer of soil in artic |
| communities of living things which interact with themselves and their environment, include both biotic and abiotic components | Ecosystems |
| photosynthetic life (plants, algae, etc) | Autotrophs/Producers |
| (both plants and animals), eat other organisms | Consumer/Heterotroph |
| Plant eater | Herbivore |
| Meat eater | Carnivore |
| Plant and meat eater | Omnivore |
| decomposers | Detritivores |
| dead organic matter | detritus |