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Ecosystem
Ecosystem Volabulary Quiz 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |