science - biology

• biotic factors

  the factors in an ecosystem caused by living things
• organism

  a living thing
• population

  the number of organisms, of the same species, in a particular area
• community

  all of the organisms, of different species, in a particular area
• abiotic factors

  the factors in an ecosystem caused by non-living things
• habitat

  the area where an organism lives
• ecosystem

  all the biotic and abiotic factors in a community
• example of biotic factor

  predation
• example of abiotic factor

  temperature
• fox

  organism
• number of foxes in cowbridge

  population
• all the animals and plants in cowbridge

  community
• cowbridge school pond

  habitat
• cowbridge school pond with all the organisms in it

  ecosystem
• example of ecosystem

  amazon rainforest
• adaptation

  an adaptation is a feature of an organism that allows it to survive in its habitat
• long teeth that keep growing

  to gnaw into wood to look for insects
• long finger

  to reach for insects
• large ears


  to listen for insects in the tree trunks
• morphological adaptations

  where organisms can show adaptations to their body shapes
• classification

  the process of putting living things into groups
• vertebrates

  has a back bone
• invertebrates

  doesent have a back bone
• example of invertebrate

  insect
• example of vertebrate

  penguin
• what is the first animal in the food chain called

  producer
• what is the second organism in the food chain called

  primary consumers
• 3rd and on in the food chain called

  other consumers
• all food chains must start with a ________

  producer
• the _____ always points to the organism doing the eating

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