Science test ecosystems

Abiotic

non living/never living

biotic

living/once alive

structural adaptation

a part of an organisms body that helps it survive

behavioural adaptation

actions or something the organism does to help it survive

habitat

physical place where a organism lives

ecosystem

community of biotic and abiotic things interacting in a area

producer

a living organism that makes its own food and nutrients off of energy

primary consumer

is a organism that feeds off of producers

secondary consumer

is a organism that feeds off of primary consumer

tertiary consumer

a organism that feeds off of secondary consumers

niche

a organisms role in a HS system

symbiosis

a long term biological relationship between two different species

parisitism

a biological relationship where one species benefits at the others expense

commensilism

a biological relationship where one species benefits while the other species is neither helper nor harmed

mutualism

a biological relationship where two different species work together and both organisms benefit from the relationship

herbivore

a animal that eats only plants

carnivore

a animal that eats only animals

predator

a animal that kills and eats other animals

prey

an animal hunted or killed by another animal

omnivore

a animal that eats both plants and animals

food chain

a sequence of organisms in a ecosystem that show how energy and nutrients move as one organism eats another

energy flow

the one way movement of energy through living things in a ecosystem

food web

a bunch of overlapping food chains

decomposer

living organisms that break down into dead plants, animal, and waste material into simple nutrients

scavenger

an animal, person, or organism that feeds on dead matter, waste, or items that have been discarded