Quizlet environment/food web

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  1. 2nd order or secondary consumer: Second link in the food chain, meat eater
  2. abiotic: all of the nonliving things in an environment
  3. adaptation: A behavior or body structure that allows an organism to survive.
  4. biome: Areas of the world that have similar climate, plant, and animal life
  5. biotic: Everything that is alive or ever was alive in an environment
  6. carnivore: meat eater
  7. climate: Refers to weather patterns over a long period of time (Temperature, precipitation, the amount of sunlight etc.)
  8. community: All of the different species of organisms living in one area at the same time
  9. conifer: A pine tree or evergreen tree.
  10. consumer: An organism that eats other organisms
  11. deciduous forest: A biome with four seasons, plants shed leaves in the fall and grow new ones in the spring.
  12. decomposer: An organism that gets energy from breaking down animal wastes and dead organisms
  13. desert: This biome gets very little water. Trees and grasses do not grow well here. Tends to be hot days and cold nights.
  14. ecosystem: All of the biotic and abiotic factors in an envrionment
  15. energy pyramid: A diagram showing the amount of energy that flows through an ecosystem
  16. environment: The surroundings in which an organism lives
  17. first order or primary consumer: First link in the food chain, plant eater
  18. food chain: Shows how energy is passed from one organism to another
  19. food web: Overlapping food chains
  20. grassland: A biome that is fairly dry. There is not enough water for trees to survive but grasses grow well here.
  21. habitat: The place where an organism lives and gets all of its needs met. (food, shelter, water, etc.)
  22. herbivore: plant eater
  23. latitude: How far north or south of the equator something is located.
  24. niche: The job or role an organism takes on in its environment
  25. omnivore: Eats both plants and meat
  26. population: all of the members of a single species living within an area
  27. predator: An organism that hunts other organisms
  28. prey: The hunted organism
  29. producer: An organism that makes its own food
  30. scavenger: An organism that eats the remains of dead animals
  31. taiga: A biome that has cold long winters and a short growing season. Conifers grow well in this area.
  32. temperate climate: A climate with four seasons. Cold winters and hot summers.
  33. top of the food chain: An organism that hunts others but does not get hunted
  34. tropical rainforest: In this biome it rains almost everyday. Temperatures are high with little difference between day and night temperatures. There are more organisms living here than anywhere else on Earth.
  35. tundra: An extremely cold biome, the land is frozen most of the year. Only small shrubs and low growing plants survive here