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ECOLOGY
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Term | Definition |
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TRADE OFF | GIVING UP ONE THING FOR ANOTHER |
DEFORESTATION | THE ACT OR RESULT OF CUTTING DOWN OR BURNING ALL THE TREES IN AN AREA |
REFORESTATION | THE ACT OF PLANTING SEEDS OR YOUNG TREES IN AN AREA WHERE THERE USED TO BE A FOREST |
FOSSIL FUEL | NON RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE FORMED FROM REMAINS OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS THAT LIVED AND DIED LONG TIME AGO |
GLOBAL WARNING | WORLD WIDE TREND OF INCREASING AVARAGE TEMPERATURE |
POLLUTION | ANYTHING THAT IS ADDED TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND HAS A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT OR ITS ORGANISMS |
HOST | THE ORGANISM THAT APARASITE LIVES IN ORON |
PRODUCER | ORGANISM THAT USE AN OUTSIDE ENERGY SOURCE SUCH AS THE SUN TO MAKE ENERGY RICH MOLECULES |
ABIOTIC | NONLIVING PART OF THE ENVIRONMENT |
BIOTIC | LIVING THINGS THE ENVIRONMENT |
SCAVENGER | THESE ANIMAL EAT DEAD OR DYING ANIMALS. THEY DO NOT RETURN THE NUTRIENTS TO THE SOIL (VULTURE) |
POPULATION | ALL THE ORGANISM IN A ECOSYSTEM THAT BELONG TO THE SAME SPECIES |
PARASITE | AN ORGANISM THAT LIVE ON/OR INSIDE ANOTHER ORGANISM AND HARMS THE HOST |
RENEWABLE RESOURCES | RESOURCES THAT CAN BE REPLACED AND REUSED BY NATURE |
NO RENEWABLE RESOURCES | NATURAL RESOURCES THAT CAN NOT BY REPLACED BY NATURE |
AUTOTROPHIC | ORGANISM THAT CAN MADE ITS OWN FOOD |
HETEROTROPHIC | ORGANISM THAT CAN NOT SYNTHESIS THEIR OWN FOOD |
EVAPORATION | CHANGING OF LIQUID TO A GAS |
PRECIPITATION | IS RAIN, SNOW, SLEET OR HAIL ANY KIND OF WEATHER CONDITION WHERE SOMETHING FALLING FROM THE SKY |
INDUSTRIALIZATION | OCCURS WHEN INDUSTRY IS INTRODUCED ON A LARGE SCALE TO A REGION OR COUNTRY |
CONSERVATION | THE ACT OF CONSERVING PREVENTION OF INJURY DECAY WASTE OR LOSS PRESERVATION |