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Mod. 4 Vocab
science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abiotic Factor | the effects on the ecosystem that are a result of the nonliving parts of that ecosystem |
| Food Web | the overlapping food chains in an ecosystem |
| Nitrogen Cycle | the continuous trapping of nitrogen gas into compounds in the soil and its return to the air |
| Biotic Factor | a living thing in an ecosystem, such as a plant, an animal, or a bacterium |
| Water Cycle | the continuous movement of water between Earth’s surface and the air, changing from liquid into gas into liquid |
| Invasive Species | a specific classification of a plant or animal that is not native to an ecosystem |
| Oxygen-Carbon Dioxide Cycle | the continuous exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen among living things |
| Food Chain | the path that energy and nutrients follow in an ecosystem |
| Limiting Factor | anything that controls the growth or survival of a population |
| Succession | the process of one ecosystem changing into a new and different ecosystem |
| Producer | organism that makes its own food |
| Decomposer | organism that breaks down dead organic material |
| Niche | the role of an organism in an ecosystem |
| Consumer | organism that cannot make its own food |
| Symboisis | a relationship between two kinds of organisms over time |
| Parasitism | a relationship in which one organism lives in or on another organism and benefits from that relationship while the host organism is harmed by it |
| Mutualism | a relationship between two kinds of organisms that benefits both |
| Water Vapor | water in the form of a gas that is present during evaporation |