Ecology booklet
By Matthew stamper
Abiotic/Biotic pg.1
Abiotic: absence of life.
Biotic: presents of life.
Description of how abiotic parts of environment effect ecosystem: It would harm other species because it might be a food source to them.
Ecosystem pg.2
Ecosystem: A system of relationships between organisms in a community.
How are population and community related?: a population of one species could effect another species which would effect the hole community.
producer and consumer pg.3
Producer: something that produces a product for a consumer.
Consumer: something that consumes a product.
what are the three types of consumers.
Herbivore: a consumer of plants.
Carnivore: a consumer of meat.
Omnivore: a consumer of both meat and plants.
pg.3 continued
Decomposer: a organism that decomposes something.
Example: a worm eats newspaper.
Organisms get their energy from producers.
Organisms eat to get energy.
What are the functions of?
Consumer: to consume a product.
Producer: to produce a product.
Decomposer: to decompose a product.
Niche: the function of a organism.