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Biology
vocab and terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| subatomic particles | protons, neutrons, electrons |
| isotopes | atom of the same element that differ in number of neutrons they contain |
| compound | substance form by the chemical combination of 2 or more element |
| 2 types of chemical bonds | ionic bonds, covalent bond |
| solution | mixture in which all components are even distributed |
| suspension | mixture of water and non dissolve material |
| chemical reaction | process that change or transform 1 set of chemical into another |
| enzymes | proteins that act as biological catalyst speed up chemical reaction |
| method of ecology | observation, modeling, experimentaion |
| biotic | any living part of the environment with which an organism might inter act |
| abiotic | non living part of the environment |
| productivity of ecosystem | coral reefs- the sun can shine all the way through the zone |
| consumers | organism that rely on other organism for energy and nutrients |
| nutrients | chemical substance that organism needs to survive |
| weather | day to day condition of earth's athmosphere |
| climate | year after year pattern of the earth's atmostphere |
| niche | range of physical and biological condition in which species live and the way species obtain what it needs to survive and reproduce |
| competition in comunities | no 2 species can occupies exactly the same niche in exactly the same at he exact same time. |