Ecology Vocabulary 1

Nonliving part of the ecosystem

• Biotic Factor

• Abiotic Factor

• Community

• Detritivore

A rank in a feeding hierarchy

• Biosphere

• Biomass

• Limiting Factor

• Trophic Level

Produces its own food through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

• Omnivore

• Herbivore

Another name for an autotroph

• Consumer

• Producer

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

A grouping of ecosystems with similar conditions

• Bioshpere

• Community

• Biome

• Niche

The members of one species that live in the same area

• Organism

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

An Individual

• Organism

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

The earth and all of its organisms and environments

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Biome

• Bioshpere

An animal that eats both plants and animals

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

• Detritivore

The total amount of lving tissue in a trophic level

• Detritivore

• Biomass

• Bioshere

• Biotic Factor