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Vocab 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
1st six weeks
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| eye wash station | used to rinse eyes if chemical gets into them. Eyes should be rinsed at least 15 minutes |
| fire blanket | blanket used to smother small fires on surfaces or to wrap a person who is on fire |
| fire extinguisher | used to put out chemical fires, electrical fires, gas and grease fires. |
| ecosystem | all the living populations in an area along with nonliving parts of that environment |
| MSDS | Material Safety Data Sheet |
| parasite | organism that feeds on cells, tissues, or fluids of another living organism |
| conservation | the wise use and protection of natural resources;also as in lab supplies |
| host | organism that supports a parasite |
| waft | to fan fumes from a chemical toward the face |
| predator | animal that kills and eats other animals |
| prey | organism that is killed and eaten by another organism |
| ecosystem | all the living populations in an area along with nonliving parts of that environment |
| parasite | organism that feeds on cells, tissues, or fluids of another living organism |
| host | organism that supports a parasite |
| predator | animal that kills and eats other animals |
| marine | having to do with water |
| terrestrial | having to do with land |
| parasitism | relationship between species in which one species benefits and the other is harmed but not usually killed |
| chemosynthesis | chemical process in which bacteria make a food by converting dissolved sulfur compound |
| carnivore | consumers that only eat meat |
| herbivore | consumers that only eats plants |
| omnivore | consumers that eat plants and meat |
| biomass | material from living things |
| autotroph | an organism such as a plant that makes its own food |
| heterotroph | an organism that obtains the energy in needs by feeding on other organisms |
| trophic level | the postion an organism occupies in a food chain |
| photosynthesis | chemical process by which plants use light energy to make glucose from water and carbon dioxide |
| respiration | process in cells by which oxygen is chemically combined with food molecules and energy is released |
| dichotomous key | a system used to identifying plants, animals,rocks, minerals , that is made up of a series of paired descriptions to choose between |
| microhabit | a small-scaled environment |
| limiting factor | a condition or resource that keeps a population at a certain size |
| biotic | living organisms in an ecosystem |
| abiotic | nonliving factors in an ecosystem |
| natural selection | process by which organisms change over time as those with traits best suited to an environment pass their traits to the next generation |
| bidiversity | the variety of organisms in a specific environment, or on earth as a whole |
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