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Microbe Test
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ecology | Study of interactions among living things, and between living lings and there surroundings. |
| Community | A group of different spices that live together in one area. |
| Ecosystem | includes all of the organisms as well as ther climates, soil, water, rocks and other non-living things in a given area. |
| Bioname | A major reginal or global community of organisms. |
| Biotic | Living things, such as plants,animals,fungi, and bacteria. |
| Abiotic | Nonliving things seen as moisture, temp, cold, wind, sunlight and soil. |
| Biodiversity | Assortment, or variety, of living things in an ecosystem. |
| Consumer | Organisms that get there energy by eating other living organisms. |
| heteroph | Another name for a comsumer. |
| Chemosythesis | The prosses by which an organism form. |
| Herbivore | Organisms that eat other plants. |
| Carnivore | Organisms that eat both plants and animals. |
| Decomposer | Detrivores that break down organic matter into simpler coumpounds. |
| Specialist | A consumer that primarily eats other specific organisms. |
| Generalist | Organisms that get there energy by eating other living things. |
| Trophic level | Levels of nourshment in a food chain. |
| Food Wed | A model that shows the complex network of feeding relationships and the flow of energy. |
| Hydrolic Cycle | Also known as the water cycle. |
| Nitrogen Fixation | Process of converting nitrogen gas. |
| Bio mass | Measure of the total dry mass of organisms in a given area. |
| Energy Pryamid | Illustrates the energy flow between trophia levels in a ecosystem. |