BIO VOCAB 16

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

• ecology

• detritivore

• food chain

• habitat

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

• abiotic factor

• omnivore

• decomposer

• biomass

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

• niche

• Decomposer

• biotic factor

•  food web

Consume both plants and animals

• Omnivore

• carnivore

• scavenger

• trophic level

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

• Ecology

• herbivore

• parasitism

• pioneer species

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

• primary succession

• host

• ecological succession

• Detritivore

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

• Habitat

• Decomposer

• abiotic factor

• abiotic factor

Total mass of organisms at a trophic level

• Biomass

• population density 

• carrying capacity (K) 

• limiting factor 

Living aspects of the environment, example: organisms

• biotic factor

• h

Multiple pathways through which energy and matter flow through an ecosystem

•  food web

• b