15382710909 | BECPO | biosphere, ecosystem, community, population, organism | 0 | |
15382720090 | Abiotic factors | non-living things in an ecosystem | 1 | |
15382723576 | Biotic factors | living parts of an ecosystem | 2 | |
15382728291 | Ecosystem | all organisms in a given area as well as abiotic factors with which they interact | 3 | |
15382747542 | Ecology | study of ecosystems | 4 | |
15382751317 | Biome | major ecosystem type: classification by vegetation and physical environment | 5 | |
15382756773 | Biome vs ecosystem | biome is general area, ecosystem is specific | 6 | |
15382772617 | Autotroph | "self feeder" aka primary sources | 7 | |
15382776282 | Heterotrophs | "other feeders" aka consumers | 8 | |
15382781352 | Primary consumer | an herbivore that eats primary producers | 9 | |
15382787372 | Secondary consumer | carnivore that eats herbivores | 10 | |
15382791119 | Tertiary consumer | carnivore that eats secondary consumers | 11 | |
15382794556 | decomposer | organism that breaks down and obtains energy from dead organic matter | 12 | |
15382804895 | Food chain vs food web | food chain is a pathway along which food energy is transferred, food web is interconnected feeding relationships of lots of organisms | 13 | |
15382818293 | Trophic pyramid | represents the distribution of biomass among trophic levels, only 10% of energy transfers up each level | 14 |
AP bio: Intro to ecology Flashcards
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