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Ecosystem
Ecosystem Volabulary Quiz 1
Term | Definition |
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ecology | the study of the relationships between living things and their environment (examples: animals depend on plants, animals depend on other animals, all organisms depend on air and water) |
ecosystem | a community of living and non-living things that interact with each other |
environment | everything that surrounds an organism and influences it |
germination | the process by which seeds swell up and begin to sprout and develop roots |
inherited traits | characteristics passed on from parent to offspring (examples: eye color or hair color) |
learned behavior | something you are taught |
life cycle | the stages plants and animals go through from beginning of development |
living | organisms that grow, take in nutrients, breathe, reproduce, move and react to things. (ex. animals, including humans, and plants. |
non-living | anything that does not live and grow. (ex. water, air, clouds, soil and rocks) |
offspring | the young of a person, animal or plant |
organism | a living thing |
photosynthesis | the process of plants using energy from sunlight to make their own food out of carbon dioxide (from the air) and water |
sensitivity | an organism ability to detect and respond to the world around it |