DynamicEquilibrium describes any system with constant change in which the components can adjust to the changes without disturbing the entire system.
Biotic Components are the biological or living things of the biosphere.
AbioticComponents are the non-living organisms of the biosphere.
Population is a group of of individuals of the same species occupying a given area at a certain time.
Community is the populations of all species occupy a habitat.
Ecosystem is a community and its physical and chemical environment.
Biodiversity is the number of species in an ecosystem.
Food Chain is a sequence of linking organisms that feed on each other, starting with a food source and continuing in order with each consumer.
Producer is an autotroph; an organism that makes its own food.
Consumer is a hetetroph; an organism that must eat producers or other consumers to survive.
Indicator Species is a species sensitive to small changes in environmental conditions.
Herbivore is an animal that eats only plants.
Carnivore is an animal that feeds only other animals.
Omnivore is an animal that eats both plants and other animals.
Detritus is a waste from plants and animals, including their dead remains.
Decomposer is an organism that feeds on detritus, and convert it into simpler compounds.
Habitat is a place or type of environment with conditions suitable for the survival of an organism or population of organisms.
Scavenger is an organism that feeds on deadorganisms or the waste of organisms.
Ultraviolet Radiation is a electromagnetic radiation from the Sun that can cause burning of the skin (sunburn) and cellular mutations.
Ozone is an inorganic molecules found in stratosphere helps to screen out ultraviolet radiation.
Trophic Level is a category of living things defined by how it gains its energy; the first trophic level contains autotrophs; and each higher level contains heterotrophs.
Heterotroph is an organism that is incapable of making its own food and so must feed on other organisms to gain energy.
Food Web is a representation of the feeding relationships among organisms in an ecosystem.
Photosynthesis is the process by which green plants and some other organisms use solar energy, carbon dioxide, and water to producecarbohydrates.
Chemosynthesis is the process by which non-photosynthetic organisms convert inorganic chemicals to organic compounds withoutsolarenergy.
Cellular Respiration is the process by which cells break down glucose into carbon dioxide and water, releasingenergy.
Thermodynamics is a scientific study of energy transformations, described by laws.
1st Law of Thermodynamics states that although energy can be transformed from one form to another; it cannot be destroyed or created.
2nd Law of Thermodynamics states that during any energy transformation, some of the energy converted into an unusable form, mostly thermalenergy, which cannot be passed on.
Numbers is the total numbers of organisms in each trophic levels.
Biomass is a mass of dry tissue of organisms at trophic level.
Energy is based on energy produced in each trophical level.
Ecological Pyramid is a representation of energy flow in food chains and food webs.