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Ecology
TEKS 12C Ecology and flow matter
Term | Definition |
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Ecology | The study of interactions of living organisms with each other and their environment. |
Habitat | Area and resources used by a particular species with their abiotic environment. |
Flow energy | Energy flows through ecosystems through organisms. |
Herbivores | Animals that only eat vegetation (plants). |
Carnivores | Animals that only eat other animals (meat). |
Omnivores | Animals that eat plants and meat. |
Detrivores | Consumers that eat decaying matter and animal feces (detritus) and help recycle nutrients within ecosystems. |
Food chain | Food chain shows the feeding relationships for a single chain of producers and consumers. |
Food web | Model that shows a complex network of feeding relationships and the related flow of energy. |
Matter cycles | MATTER is RECYCLED in nature. Matter Cycles between abiotic (nonliving environment) and biotic (living things) parts of a community. |
Biogeochemical cycles | Movement of a particular chemical through the biological and geological parts of an ecosystem. Common substances cycle in Nature: carbon, water, oxygen, nitrogen and phosphorus. |