Abiotic: factors in an ecosystem relating to non-living things.
Eg. temperature, sunlight, rainfall
Biotic: Factors in an ecosystem relating to all the living things.
eg. Flora and Fauna
biodiversity: range of species in an ecosystem
biome: large scale ecosystem.
eg.
deserts
rainforests
Deciduousforest
Tundra
grassland
tropical rainforest
Savanna
Polar
consumer: creature that eats herbivores and or plant matter
decomposer: organism such as bacterium or fungus that breaks down dead tissue, which is then recycled to the environment
ecosystem: community of plants and animals that interact with each other and their physical environment
food chain: connections between different organisms that rely on each other as their food source
food web: hierarchy of plants and animals that rely on each other for food
nutrient cycling: set of process where organisms extract minerals necessary for growth from soil and water, passing it on through the food chain and returning it to soil and water again
global ecosystem: very large ecological areas on the earth's surface (or biomes) with fauna and flora adapting to their environment.
