Biology Week 16 Chapter 11&12

A single pathway through which energy and matter flow through an ecosystem

• food chain

• abiotic factor

• decomposer

• ecology

Nonliving aspects of the environment, include sunlight, soil, temperature, and water

• abiotic factor

• biotic factor

• decomposer

• habitat

Break down the remains and other wastes and release simple inorganic molecules back into the environment

• decomposer

• biotic factor

• omnivore

• habitat

Consume both plant and animals

• omnivore

• biotic factor

• ecology

• biomass

Study of how living things interact with each other and with their environment

• ecology

• biomass

• niche

• food web

Consume detritus (dead leaves, animal feces, and other organic debris that collect on soil or at the bottom of a body of water

• detritivore

• habitat

• food web

• herbivore

Physical environment in which a species lives and to which it is adapted

• habitat

• niche

• scavenger

• biomass

Total mass of organisms at a trophic level

• biomass

• niche

• food web

• herbivore

Living aspects of the environment, example: organisms

• biotic factor

• niche

• food web

• scavenger

Multiple pathways through which energy and matter flow through an ecosystem

• food web

• omnivore

• abiotic factor

• habitat