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Population/Resources
Populations & Resources
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| change | when something becomes different over time |
| competition | when two or more populations use the same resource, such as the same food source |
| consumer population | a population that eats organisms from another population |
| ecologist | a scientist who studies the interactions of organisms with each other and their environment |
| 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 they need to survive |
| food web | a model that shows what eats what in an ecosystem |
| glucose | a molecule that organisms can use to release energy, and that is made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms |
| indirect effect | the result of one cause leading to an effect that causes one or more other effects |
| molecule | a group of atoms joined together in a particular way |
| organisms | living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria |
| food chain | a series of organisms that eat one another so that energy and nutrients flow from one to the next. |
| stability | when something stays mostly the same over time |
| biodiversity | the variety and differences in all the living things in a given area |