Abiotic Factor | A non-living thing in an ecosystem |
Ecosystem | A place made up of living and non-living things that interact with each other |
Biotic Factor | A living thing in an ecosystem |
Habitat | The place where a particular organism lives |
Producer | An organism that produces it's own food (these are found at the bottom of an energy / trophic level pyramid) |
Consumer | An animal that eats other animals |
Decomposers | Animals that eat other organisms |
Carnivores | Animals that eat only meat |
Herbivore | Animals that eat only plants |
Omnivores | Animals that eat plants and animals |
Photosynthesis | the process of which plants make their own food with carbon dioxide, sunlight and water |
What do all living things need? | Water and food |
Abundance | How many organisms live in an area |
Predator | An animal that hunts another animal |
Prey | The animal the predator hunts |
Chromatography | A method of separation |
What is a habitat used for | A living thing's habitat provides the organism with what it needs to survive |
What goes at the bottom of an energy / trophic level pyramid? | Producer |
Food web | Shows how different food chains connect together |
Food chain | Describes the flow of energy in ecosystems |