food chains and human influence on an environment

food chain

transfer of energy across animals

food web

a network of interconnected food chains

producer

organism that doesn’t get energy from another organism

primary consumer

organism that gets energy from eating a producer

secondary consumer

organism that gets energy from eating a primary consumer

carbon cycle

the process of carbon atoms travelling between the atmosphere and organisms

when does habitat destruction happen

when the food web is altered so an organism does not have enough food

biodiversity

number of different species living in the habitat

combustion

dead organic material buried too quickly causes decay, if it is buried it becomes carbon compound

overharvesting

when a population could be sustainable but is exploited too much

soil erosion

soil gets washed away by rain

captive breeding programs

conservation program where species are breed in a controlled environment