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Biology Vocabulary
Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ecology | the study of the interactions among living things, and between living things and their surroundings |
| Community | is a group of different species that live together in one area |
| Ecosystem | includes all of the organisms as well as the climate, soil, water, rocks, and other non living things in a given area |
| Biome | is a major regional or global community or organisms |
| Producer | are organisms that get their energy from nonliving resources |
| Autotroph | another name for producers |
| Consumers | are organisms that get their energy by eating other living or once-living resources such as plants or animals |
| Heterotroph | another name for consumers |
| Chemosynthesis | is the process by which an organism forms carbohydrates using chemicals, rather than lights, as an energy source |
| Food Chain | is a sequence that links species by their feeding relationships |
| Herbivore | organisms that only eat plants |
| Carnivore | are organisms that only eat animals |
| Omnivore | are organisms that eat both plants and animals |
| Detritivore | are organisms that eat detritus, or dead organic matter |
| Decomposer | are detritivores that break down organic matter into simpler compounds |
| Generalists | are consumers that have a varying diet |
| Trophic Levels | are the levels of nourishment in a food chain |
| Food Web | is a model that shows the complex network of feeding relationships and the flow of energy within and sometimes beyond an ecosystem |
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