Learn about the various players in an ecosystem with these printable geography flash cards.
There are 10 flash cards in this set (2 pages to print.)
To use:
1. Print out the cards.
2. Cut along the dashed lines.
3. Fold along the solid lines.
Sample flash cards in this set:
| Questions | Answers |
|---|---|
| Abiotic | Relating to non-living things |
| Biotic | Relating to living things |
| Consumer | Creature that eats animals and/or plant matter. |
| Decomposer | An organism such as a bacterium or fungus, that breaks down dead tissue, which is then recycled to the environment. |
| Ecosystem | A community of plants and animals that interact with each other and their physical environment. |
| Food chain | The connections between different organisms (plants and animals) that rely on one another as their source of food. |
| Food web | A complex hierarchy of plants and animals relying on each other for food. |
| Nutrient cycling | A set of processes whereby organisms extract minerals necessary for growth from soil or water, before passing them on through the food chain - and ultimately back to the soil and water. |
| Global ecosystem | Very large ecological areas on the earth's surface (or biomes), with fauna and flora (animals and plants) adapting to their environment. Examples include tropical rainforest and hot desert. |
| Producer | An organism or plant that is able to absorb energy from the sun through photosynthesis. |
