Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
33 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
Ecology
|
Is the study of the interactions between orgazims and there envoroment
|
|
biotic
|
were all organizims live together
|
|
abiotic
|
all physicle factors
|
|
population
|
a group of individuals of the same species
|
|
community
|
consist of all of the population living in thr same area
|
|
ecosystem
|
made up of a community
|
|
ecosystem
|
made up of a community
|
|
bioshere
|
the part of earth were life exists
|
|
herbavore
|
eats plants
|
|
carnivore
|
eats animals
|
|
omnivores
|
eat plant and animals
|
|
scavengers
|
eats dead animals
|
|
food chain
|
reprisents how the energy food molicules flows from one organizim to the next
|
|
food web
|
simple food web for a woodland ecosystem
|
|
energy pyramid
|
the lost of energey at each level
|
|
habitat
|
an organizims enviroment which it lives
|
|
niche
|
an organizims niche includes its habitat
|
|
carrying capacity
|
population reaches carrying compacity
|
|
prey
|
the organisim hunted by the preditor
|
|
preditor
|
the organism
|
|
symbiosis
|
long term assocation between to organisims or more
|
|
mutualism
|
a symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit
|
|
pollution
|
is the presence of haarmful substance in the enviroment.
|
|
renewable resource
|
is one that can be used again and again
|
|
nonrenewable resource
|
can only be used once
|
|
overpopulation
|
when population grows to fast
|
|
biodiversity
|
varity of life
|
|
biodegradable
|
so they are not broken down by the enviroment
|
|
biodegradable
|
so they are not broken down by the enviroment
|
|
biodergradible
|
when something is broken down
|
|
conservation
|
the wise use of and the preservation of natrual recourses
|
|
recycling
|
breaking down trash and using it again
|
|
resource recovery
|
the waste collected by all the cities and towns in the united states
|