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Science Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Hypothesis | an educated guess |
| Variable | any factor that can be controlled, changed or measured in an experiment |
| Independent Variable | the one condition you can change in an experiment |
| Dependent Variable | the variable that you measure or observe, the dependent variable depends on the independent variable |
| Controlled Variable (constant variable) | a variable that doesn't change during an experiment |
| Ecology | the study of the interactions of living organisms with one another |
| Abiotic and Abiotic Factors | not living thing |
| Biotic and Biotic Factors | living thing |
| Species | a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding. |
| Biodiversity | the variety of all life forms on earth - the different plants, animals and micro-organisms and the ecosystems of which they are a part. |
| Ecosystem | is a community of living organisms in conjunction with the nonliving components of their environment, interacting as a system. |
| Biome | A large community of plants and animals that occupies a distinct region. |
| Habitat | |
| Niche | |
| Individual | |
| Population | |
| Community | |
| Predator | |
| Prey | |
| Scavenger | |
| Producer | an autotrophic organism that serves as a source of food for other organisms in a food chain |
| Consumer | are those organisms that eat other things (they eat plants and other animals) |
| Decomposer | are organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms, and in doing so, carry out the natural process of decomposition |
| Herbivore | an animal that feeds on plants |
| Omnivore | an animal or person that eats food of both plant and animal origin |
| Carnivore | an animal that feeds on flesh |
| Food Chain | is a diagram that shows how food energy moves from one organism to another in a given environment |
| Food Web | a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains |
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