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Unit 1
Term | Definition |
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ecology | study of interactions among and between organisms and their enviornment |
logos/ology | the study of |
oikos/eco | house |
bios | life |
ecosystem | interaction between biotic community and abiotoc environment |
biome | ecosystems w/in a specific climate |
biosphere | all parts of the Earth that support life |
autotroph | an organisms that uses photosynthesis/chemosynthesis |
autos | self |
troph | food |
producers | another word for autotroph |
heterotroph | organism that cannot produce energy |
decomposition | breakdown of dead organic matter back into the original element |
detritivore | do the mechanical breakdown of dead matter and feed for energy |
decomposer | breakdown matter even more into original chemical components |
detritus | detritivore byproduct |