Biology Flashcards

Eco system

818033618	Ecosystem	a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment	0
818033619	Population	a group of organisms of the same species populating a given area	1
818033620	Community	a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other	2
818033621	Herbivore	any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants	3
818033622	Preditor	An animal thats eats another animal, an animal that hunts other animals for food	4
818033623	Scavenger	any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter	5
818033624	Omnivore	an animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances	6
818033625	Mutualism	symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit from the relationship	7
818033626	Commensualism	a type of symbiosis in which one organism benefits from the relationship while the other is neither helped nor harmed	8
818033627	Parasite	an organism that lives in or on another organism; one who lives off another person	9
818033628	Symbiosis	the living together in mutually helpful association of two dissimilar organisms	10
818033629	Decomposer	organism that breaks down the wastes or remains of other organisms	11
818033630	Niche	the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)	12
818033631	Carnivore	Consumers that eat only animals	13
818033632	Consumer	an organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms	14
818033633	Producer	an organism that makes its own food	15