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Unit E
My Vocab Words
Term | Definition |
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Ecologists | scientists who study relationships between organisms and environments example:Tina Booton |
Introduced Species | a species that was introduced to an area that it didn't start in example: zebra mussel |
Plankton | microscopic animals and plants |
Photosynthesis | plants use sunlight as energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into food CO2+H2O-O2+C6H22O11 |
Producers | are able to produce their own sugar example: plants |
Consumers | organisms that get their energy by eating organisms example: humans |
Food Webs | feeding relationships in an ecosystem (graph) example: a food web would have owls, mice, and grass |
Endothermic | characterized by or formed with absorption of heat (warm-blooded) example: humans |
Ectothermic | deriving heat from without the body (cold-blooded) example: snakes |
Carrying Capacity | the maximum population that an area will support without becoming worse example: zebra mussels |
Food Chain | a sequence of organisms in a community in which each feds on others example: grass-mouse-owls |
Decomposers | an organism that feeds on and breaks down dead pants or animal matter example: worms |