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EOG Ecology
vocabulary for 8th science EOG
Term | Definition |
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ecosystem | interactive systems that include both biological and physical components of the environment |
population | group of organisms belonging to the same species that live in a particular area |
symbiosis | relationship that exists between organisms of two different species that live together in direct contact |
food chain | simplest path that energy takes through an ecosystem |
chemosynthesis | process of using chemicals like methane or sulfur to make food |
biotic | living factors in an ecosystem |
abiotic | nonliving factors in an ecosystem |
nonrenewable | resources that cannot be replaced in nature |
renewable | resources that can be replaced or reused in nature |
conservation | preventing the loss of a resource by way of thoughtful management of it |
mutualism | type of symbiosis in which both species benefit |
commensalism | type of symbiosis in which one species benefits while the other species is neither benefited nor harmed |
parasitism | type of symbiosis in which one species benefits to the harm of the other |