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Environment & Organisms

Terms in this set (36)

Organism
A single living thing (plant or animal)
Food Chain
A path of energy transfer from one organism to another. (simple)
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Environment
The space, conditions, and all the living and things around an organism
Non-Living
Example: Sunlight, water, rocks, soil
Migration
The seasonal movement of animals from one place to another
Hibernation
A process by which an organism slows its life functions for a long time to save energy or resist harsh conditions
Habitat
A place where an animal or plant lives
Adult
A fully grown organism
Nymph
Stage of incomplete metamorphosis during which an insect eats and grows and looks like a small version of an adult
Decomposer
An organism that consumes dead biomass and returns nutrients to the soil. Example: bacteria, mushroom
Overpopulation
An increase in the number of species over what its ecosystem can sustain

Can direct and indirectly effects on other organisms in the ecosystem
Oxygen
A gas breathed in by animals and people and released by plants
Mimicry
When an organism copies a characteristic of another organism to increase its chances for survival or reproduction
Carnivore
An animal that gets energy by eating only other animals
Complete Metamorphosis
Type of development that has 4 stages:
1. Egg
2. Larva
3. Pupa
4. Adult
Consumer
An organism that gets energy from eating another organism
Herbivore
An animal that gets its energy only by eating plants
Living Elements
Example: humans, trees, plants, animals
Predator
An organism that hunts and feeds on another animal
Pupa
Stage of complete metamorphosis during which the organism seems to be at rest and new body parts are forming
Learned Behavior
Animal behavior that develops from observation or instruction
Omnivore
An animal that gets energy by eating both plants and animals
Inherited Traits
A physical or behavioral trait that an organism is born with and that is passed to the organism from the parent
Interact
Having to do with an organism.
Example: a frog interacts with other frogs
Species
A group of organisms that are similar to one another and can combine to produce offspring
Population
All of the interacting members of a species in an area
Food web
COMPLEX
An interconnected set of food chains
Reproduction
The act of making copies or similar versions of something
Carrying Capacity
The maximum population size that can be sustained by a given environment
Larva
Stage of complete metamorphosis when the insect eats and grows and does not look like the adult
Adaptation
An inherited characteristic that helps an organism to better survive
Example: blubber, white fur in a cold, snowy area
Carbon Dioxide
A gas taken in by plants and breathed out by animals and people
Incomplete Metamorphosis
Type of development that has 3 stages:
1. Egg
2. Nymph
3. Adult
Impact
An animal that is hunted as food
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