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
ecology unit flashca
ecology science vocab #3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ecosystems | a group of living things and their surroundings |
| 2 photosynthesis | a process where plants use energy from sunlight to make sugar & oxygen |
| 3 producer | organism that can make its own food |
| 4 consumer | organism that eats other living things for food and energy |
| 5 herbivore | a consumer that eats only plants |
| 6 carnivore | a consumer that eats only animals |
| 7 omnivore | a consumer that eats both plants and animals |
| 8 decomposer | a living thing that breaks down waste and dead things |
| 9 Bias | errors in testing by favoring certain outcomes |
| 10 changed/independent variable | factor that is changed by the scientist in an experiment |
| 11 measured/dependent variable | factor that is measured in an experiment |
| 12 population | a group of individuals of the same species living in a given area |
| 13 limiting factors | an environmental factor that prevents a population from increasing |
| 14 community | all the different populations that live together in an area |
| control/constant variables | things that are kept the same in an experiment |
Created by:
pineapplefrenzy!
Popular Earth Science sets