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Science
18.1 & 18.2
| word | defintion |
|---|---|
| ecology | the study of the relationships of organisms with one another and with their environment |
| Biotic | living factors. includes anything alive in the enviroment |
| abiotic | nonliving factors. abiotic factors include water , soil, light, and temperature |
| organism | 1 single living thing |
| population | a group of individuals of the same species that live together interact in an area |
| communities | all the different types of species organism within the community and the abiotic environment |
| ecosystems | include the different types of organism swithin the community and the abiotic environment |
| biosphere | the part of the Earth where life exists. The biosphere extends from the deepest parts of the ocean to high up in the air |
| producers | use sunlight directly to make food. They do this through the process of photosynthesis |
| consumers | eat other organisms to get energy |
| herbivore | eta plants |
| carnivore | eat animals |
| omnivore | eat both plants and animals |
| scavenger | eat dead animals |
| decomposers | break down dead organisms. They are nature's recyclers,fungus, and bacteria |
| food chain | a diagram that shows how energy in food flows from one organism to another |
| food web | a diagram that shows the food relationship between organisms in an ecosystems |
| energy pyramid | triangular diagram that shows an ecosystem's loss of energy, which results as energy passes through the ecosystem's food chain |
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