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Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem | a community of living organisms and their interrelated physical and chemical environment |
| Environment | the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates |
| Homeostasis | the tendency for a system by resisting change to remain in a state of equilibrium |
| Abiotic | a nonliving factor or element |
| Biotic | an environmental factor related to or produced by living organisms |
| Biomes | a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat, forest or tundra |
| Niche | the role played by an organism in an ecosystem |
| Consumer | those organisms that obtain energy by feeding on other organisms and their remains |
| Decomposer | an organisms often microscopic in size, that obtain nutrients by consuming dead organic matter |
| Shredder | through chewing and/or grinding, microorganisms feed on non-weedy coarse particulate matter, primarily leaves |
| Dichotomous | exhibiting or characterized by dichotomy |
| Pest | a label applied to an organism when it is in competition with humans for some resource |
| Integrated pest management | an ecosystem-based strategy that focuses on long-term prevention of pests or their damage through a combination of techniques such as biological control, habitat manipulation, modification of cultural practices, and use of resistant varieties |
| Acid deposition | precipitation with a pH less than 5.6 that forms in the atmosphere when certain pollutants mix with water vapor |
| Stream order | size and order of stream directly relates to the organisms that can be found in that habitat |
| Topographic map | A map that shows the physical features of earth |
| Watershed | the land area from which surface runoff drains into a stream, channel, lake, reservoir or other body of water |
| Wetlands | lands where water saturation is the dominant factor determining the nature of the soil development and the plant and animal communities |
| Hydrology | the branch of science concerned with the properties of the earth's water, especially its movement in relation to land |
| Ground water | water that infiltrates the soil and is located in underground reservoirs called aquifers |
| Mitigation | the action of reducing the severity, seriousness, or painfulness of something |
| Lentic | relating to or living in still water |
| Lotic | relating to or living in actively moving water |
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