ecosystem all of the living (biotic) and non- living (abiotic) things in an area what is abiotic in...
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Ecosystem All of the
living (biotic) and non-living (abiotic) things in an area
What is abiotic in this ecosystem? Biotic?
Species A group of
organisms that are able to reproduce and create fertile offspring.
Ex: all the horses in the world
Population
A group of individuals of the same species in one area
Ex: all of the dogs in Lindsay
Immigration To enter and
settle in an area to which an organism is not native
Emigration
To leave an area and settle in another area
Food web Diagram of
several interconnected food chains
Energy Pyramid
Image of the trophic (feeding) levels in an ecosystem
Producers/Autotrophs Auto = self Troph = feed Make sugar from
the sun's energy through photosynthesis
(some exceptions to this)
Example: plants, trees, grass
Consumers/Heterotrophs Hetero = different,
other Troph = feed Cannot make their
own food, must obtain nutrients from eating consumers or producers
3 types:- Herbivore- Carnivore- Omnivore
Decomposers
Break down dead organisms to release nutrients into environment
Ex: bacteria
and fungi