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Pop & Resources
Use to study Amplify's Life Science Populations and Resources Unit!
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| change` | when something becomes different over time |
| competition | when two or more populations want the same resource, (food, shelter, mates) |
| consumer population | a population that eats organisms from another population (predator) |
| ecosystem | all the living and nonliving things interacting in a particular area |
| energy | the ability to make things move or change |
| energy storage molecule | a molecule that organisms can use to release the energy needed to survive |
| food web | a model that shows what eats what in an ecosystem |
| glucose | a molecule that organisms can use to release energy |
| indirect effect | the result of one cause leading to an effect that causes one or more other effects |
| organisms | living things such as plants, animals, and bacteria |
| population | a group of the same type of organism living in the same area |
| reproduction | the process of creating offspring (babies) |
| resource population | a population that is eaten by organisms from another population (prey) |
| sample | a small part that is meant to show what the whole is like |
| stability | when something stays mostly the same over time |
| biotic | any living thing |
| abiotic | and non-living thing |