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COB Chapter2
ecology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ecology | study of organisms and their interactions with each other and their environment |
| Population | Group of similar species that live in the same place at the same time. |
| Community | Several populations that live and interact in the same place at the same time |
| Ecosystem | A community and all the abiotic factors that affect it. |
| autotroph | organism that can change sunlight into chemical energy it can use |
| heterotroph | organism that must get its energy from other organisms |
| decomposer | special heterotroph that breaks down dead organisms and returns its nutrients to the ecosystem |
| Food Chain | simple model showing energy being passed from one organism to another. |
| Food Web | complex model showing the energy flow through an ecosystem. It is many interconnected food chains. |