Term |
Definition |
Ecosystem |
An area with living and nonliving thing |
Biotic |
Living thing in an ecosystem |
Abiotic |
Nonliving thing in an ecosystem |
Ecology |
The study of living and nonliving thing in an area |
Niche |
The role an organism plays in the ecosystem |
Organism |
A single living things |
Community |
All the living thing in an ecosystem |
Population |
One specific type of species (organism ) living in a community |
Producer |
An organism that uses sun to create food through process of photosynthesis |
Consumer |
Are organism that cannot make their own food |
Carnivore |
Are animals that eat meat |
Omnivores |
Are animals that eat both plants and animals |
Decomposer |
Are organism that break down organic matter |
Herbivore |
Animals that eat plants and other consumer |
Habitat |
The plave where a species live |