| term | defenition |
|---|---|
| Adaption | a change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment |
| Herbivore | an animal that feeds on plants |
| carnivore | an animal that feeds on flesh |
| Omnivore | an animal or person that eats of both plant and animal origin |
| decomposer | organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms |
| prodecer | organism that serves as a source of food for other organisms in a food chain |
| consumer | A hetero trophic organism that feeds on other organisms in a food chain |
| ecosystem | A biological community of interactive organisms and the phyiscal environment |
| biosphere | he regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth (or analogous parts of other planets) occupied by living organisms |
| ecology | the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings |
| biome | a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat, e.g., forest or tundra. |
| habitat | he natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism |
| niche | the physical environment to which it has become adapted as well as its role as producer and consumer of food resources |
| population | all the organisms of the same group or species, which live in a particular geographical area, and have the capability of interbreeding |
| community | a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristics in common |
| endoskeletion | a skeleton on the inside of the body |
| exoskeleton | a skeleton type thing on the side of there body |
| mammals | any living thing that gives live birth |
| contour feathers | they are the flight feathers |
| down feathers | the feathers a new hatched would have |
| producer | makes its own food |
| primary consumer | eats the producer |
| secondary consumer | eats the primary consumer |
| tertiary consumer | eats everything but doesn't get eaten |
| food web | a list of were the energy goes and who eats what int e food chain |
