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ECOLOGY
WORD FOR MY TEST
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |