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EOG Ecology
vocabulary for 8th science EOG
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ecosystem | interactive systems that include both biological and physical components of the environment |
| population | group of organisms belonging to the same species that live in a particular area |
| symbiosis | relationship that exists between organisms of two different species that live together in direct contact |
| food chain | simplest path that energy takes through an ecosystem |
| chemosynthesis | process of using chemicals like methane or sulfur to make food |
| biotic | living factors in an ecosystem |
| abiotic | nonliving factors in an ecosystem |
| nonrenewable | resources that cannot be replaced in nature |
| renewable | resources that can be replaced or reused in nature |
| conservation | preventing the loss of a resource by way of thoughtful management of it |
| mutualism | type of symbiosis in which both species benefit |
| commensalism | type of symbiosis in which one species benefits while the other species is neither benefited nor harmed |
| parasitism | type of symbiosis in which one species benefits to the harm of the other |