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vocabulary science
Vocab about environment
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ecology | the study of the interactions of living organisms with one another and with their environment |
| biotic | describes living factors in the environment |
| abiotic | describes the nonliving parts of the environment such as rocks, light, water, and temperature. |
| organisms | a living thing: anything that can carry out life processes independently |
| habitat | the natural environment of an animal, plant, or other organism. |
| population | a group of organisms of the same spe- cies that live in a specific geographical area |
| community | all of the populations of species that live in the same habitat and interact with each other |
| ecosystem | a community of organisms and their abiotic, or nonliving environment. |
| biosphere | the part of earth where life exists |
| producer | |
| consumer | an organism that eats other organisms or organic matter. |
| decomposer | an organism that get energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms or animal wastes and consuming or absorbing the nutrients |
| herbivore | an organism that eats only plants |
| carnivore | an organism that eats only animals |
| omnivore | an organism that eats both plants and animals. |
| food chain | the pathway of energy transfer through various stages as a result of the feeding patterns of a series of organisms |
| food web | a diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in an organism. |
| energy pyramid | a triangular diagram that shows an ecosystems loss of energy, which results as energy passes through the ecosystems food chain. |
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