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Science - ecology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem | group of organisms in an area that interact with one another and with the environment. An ecosystem includes the living and non-living factors in a given |
| Abiotic | the non-living factors that contribute to an ecosystem |
| Biotic | the living factors that contribute to an ecosystem |
| Interdependence | the way in which all living things in an ecosystem depend on all the other things - both living and non-living for continued survival |
| ecology | the study of the relationship and interactions of living things with one another, together with their non-living environment. |
| habitat | place in which organism lives |
| predator | animal that kills and eats other animals (the hunter) |
| prey | animal that is killed and eaten by a predator (the hunted) |
| adaptation | a change that increases an orgaisms chances of survival (physical or behavioral) |
| producer | an organism (plant) that can make its own food |
| photosynthesis | the process by which organisms use energy from sunlight to make their own food |
| consumer | an organism that gets energy by eating other things (therefore it doesn't make its own food) |
| herbivore | an organism that eats only plants |
| omnivore | an organism that eats both plants and animals |
| carnivore | a flesh eating animal that eats only other animals for food energy |
| energy pyramid | a scientific model that shows how food is passsed through an ecosystem |
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