Flashcards
Ecosystems and Energy Transfer Glossary
Cards in this deck (25)
- 1PestAn organism which can cause damage.
- 2Integrated control systemThe harnessing of biological and chemical properties to control pests and pathogens in order to protect an environment
- 3ProducerAn organism capable of producing complex organic compounds through the process of photosynthesis.
- 4ConsumerAn organism that generally obtains food by feeding on other organisms or organic matter due to the lack of ability to manufacture their own food source.
- 5decomposerAn organism whose ecological function involves recycling nutrients by performing decomposition as it feeds on dead or decaying organisms.
- 6DetritivoreAn organism that feeds on organic waste.
- 7Zoo planktonAnimal constituent of Plankton
- 8PhytoplanktonPlankton that consists of minue plant and other photosynthetic organisms.
- 9CarnivoreAn animal or plant that requires a stable diet of mainly animal tissue.
- 10HerbivoreAn animal that consumes mainly plant.
- 11OmnivoreAn animal that includes both plants and animals in its normal diet.
- 12Trophic levelA position in a food chain occupied by an organism.
- 13EcosystemA system which includes all living organisms in a area as well as abiotic functioning as a unit.
- 14HabitatThe place where an organism or Biological population normally lives.
- 15Agricultural ecosystemEcosystems that are made up largely of domesticated animals and plants to produce food. achieved by preventing s climax community.
- 16PesticideA chemical which is used to kill unwanted organisms.
- 17HerbicideA chemical used to kill o control the growth of plants.
- 18InsecticideA chemical used to kill insects. A type of pesticide
- 19fungicideAn agent that destroys fungi
- 20Biological controlControl of pets by introducing a predator into its native environment.
- 21ProductivityThe rate at which organic matter is produced as chemical energy through photosynthesis.
- 22Net productivityNet productivity
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Gross productivity
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Respiratory loss - 23DissipatedA process in which energy is lost without accomplishing useful energy transfer to the next trophic level.
- 24Biological AccumulationThe accumulation within living organisms of toxic substances accruing in the environment.
- 25MonocultureThe cultivation or growth of a single crop.