B12 Vocab

Front

10% Energy Rule

Back

10% of energy is stored.

Front

Abiotic Factors

Back

nonliving factors in an ecosystem

Front

Autotrophs

Back

Producers - organisms that make their own food.

Front

Biotic Factors

Back

Living factors in an ecosystem.

Front

Carnivore

Back

Heterotrophic animal that consumes only meat.

Front

Commensalism

Back

One organism benefits; the other is neither helped nor harmed.

Front

Decomposer

Back

Breaks down/obtains energy from dead matter.

Front

Detritivores

Back

feeds on plant/animal remains

Front

Ecosystem instability occurs

Back

when self-regulating mechanisms are disrupted and organisms are impacted.

Front

Ecosystem

Back

community & physical environment