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Life Science
Life Science Week 1 & 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| living element | part of an ecosystem that requires energy to survive and has basic needs met in order to survive. Plant or animal |
| non living element | part of an ecosystem that is not living such as sun, water, air, rocks and soil. |
| ecosystem | the living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem |
| biotic | another meaning for organism that are alive |
| abiotic | another name for organisms that are Not alive |
| change | to make different |
| direct | observable evidence |
| indirect | inferred evidence |
| impact | direct effect or change |
| organism | any living thing |
| producer | an organism that makes its own food |
| consumer | an organism that gets it energy from eating other organisms. |
| predator | an organism that hunts and kills other organism for food. |
| prey | an organism that is hunted and eaten by a predator |
| parasite | an organism that must live on or inside another living organism in order to get its energy. |
| host | the organism that parasite lives on or in. |
| decomposer | an organism that breaks down dead organism and waste |
| decompostion | the process in which dead organisms are broken down and returned to the soil |
| food chain | shows the path of energy from one organism to another. |
| food web | food chain: shows the arrow goes from the organism to the mouth of the animal that is going to eat it and gets its energy. |