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Unit 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |