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Science Vocabulary T
Science Vocabulary Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Biome | Community of plants and animals that have formed in response to a shared climate. |
| Ecosystem | Community of biotic and abiotic interacting together. |
| Community | All populations living in a ecosystem at the same time. |
| Habitat | The place within an ecosystem where an organism lives. |
| Abiotic Factors | A nonliving condition that determines which species survives in an environment(Rain). |
| Biotic Factors | A living condition, in which any living part of the environment an organism interacts with. |
| Autotrophs | A self-feeding/producer that is in the first trophic level, makes their own food through photosynthesis, and makes it through the sun. |
| Heterotrophs | An organism that doesn’t make their own food, by eating/absorbing it. |
| Trophic Levels | Levels in an ecosystem, in which the organisms share the same function, the food chain, and the same primary source of energy. |
| Producer | Organisms that make their own food through photosynthesis. |
| Primary Consumer | Herbivores that feed on plants. |
| Secondary Consumer | Carnivores that prey on other animals. |
| Tertiary Consumer | Carnivores at the top of the food chain, that feed on other carnivores, and feed on only secondary consumers. |
| Decomposer | An organism that decomposes organic material. |
| Predator | An organism that hurts. |
| Prey | An organism that is hunted. |
| Symbiosis | The relationship between two different species that involves an exchange of food or energy. |
| Commensalism | One species benefits and one species is not harmed or benefited. |
| Mutualism | Both species benefit. |
| Parasitism | One species benefits and the other is harmed. |