AP bio: Intro to ecology Flashcards

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