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Ecology Unit
Vocabulary for Species and Ecology Unit
| Adaptations | To grow or change physically/behaviorally over time. ex. hair, color. |
| Autotrophs | Make their own food through sunlight or chemical. Producers/Plants |
| Camouflage | An adaptation that allows an animal to hide from predators by blending in. |
| Carnivore | Eats mostly meat ex. lion, tiger |
| Commensalism | one benefits but the other isn't hurt. ex.moss/tree |
| Consumer | organism that gets food by eating other organisms. |
| Decomposer | gets food by breaking down dead stuff and returning nutrients to the world. ex. fungus, bacteria |
| Ecology | The study of interactions between organism and their environments. |
| Ecosystems must have these: | 1.energy 2. living organisms to convert energy into things necessary for life (plants) 3. recycling of materials between organisms and environment. ex.aquarium |
| Endangered Species | a species that is in danger of becoming extinct. |
| Extinct | a species that has died out completely. ZERO left |
| Food Web | how food chains overlap in an ecosystem |
| Food Chain | path of energy in food from one organism to another. |
| Habitat | the place where a plant or animal naturally lives and grows. |
| Herbivore | eats mainly plants ex. deer, rabbits, bees |
| Heredity | traits passed down from parent to offspring. |
| Heterotrophs | gets food by breaking down dead stuff and returning nutrients. |
| Mutualism | both benefit ex. bee and flower |
| Omnivore | eats both plants and animals ex. humans, seagulls, bear |
| Parasitism | relationship where one organism lives inside another or on another, and it may cause harm. |
| Producer | organism that can make its own food, but will get eaten by other organisms. |
| Scavenger | eats dead plants and animals ex. vulture, hawks |
| Species | a class of individuals having common characteristics |
| Symbiotic Relationships | the relationship between organisms. |
| Threatened Species | a species that is in danger of becoming endangered- hopefully enough still left to keep living. |
| What are the levels of organizations on Earth? (hint:Becky's eyeballs can pop out) | Biome,. Ecosystem, Community, Population, Organism |
| What makes animals leave their ecosystems? | humans pollute/destroy, climate change, lack of food/water, invasive species |
| Why do animals become extinct? | environment changes, hunting, disease, invasive species, pollution |
| What is the biggest danger to ecosystems? | humans |
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jpeabody
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