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ENV: Ecology (2.1)
ENV: Ecology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Habitat | The place where an organism normally lives and gets the resources it needs |
| Ecosystem | A community of living things and the nonliving factors they interact with |
| Community | All the different populations of organisms living and interacting in the same area |
| Niche | The role an organism has in its environment including how it gets food and interacts with other organisms |
| Species | A group of organisms that can reproduce and produce fertile offspring |
| Food Web | A model that shows how multiple food chains are connected in an ecosystem |
| 10% Rule | The rule that states about 10% of energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next |
| Trophic Level | A feeding level in a food chain or food web |
| Food Chain | A model that shows how energy moves from one organism to another as they eat |
| Energy Pyramid | A model that shows the amount of energy available at each trophic level in an ecosystem |
| Producer | An organism that makes its own food usually using energy from the Sun |
| Consumer | An organism that gets energy by eating other organisms |
| Biotic Factor | A living part of an ecosystem such as plants animals fungi or bacteria |
| Scavenger | An organism that eats dead animals |
| Abiotic Factor | A nonliving part of an ecosystem such as water sunlight temperature or soil |
| Photosynthesis | The process plants use to make food using sunlight water and carbon dioxide |
| Natural Selection | The process in which organisms with helpful traits are more likely to survive and reproduce |
| Adaptation | An inherited trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment |
| Cellular Respiration | The process cells use to release energy from food |
| Primary Consumer | An organism that eats producers and is usually an herbivore |
| Secondary Consumer | An organism that gets energy by eating primary consumers |
| Tertiary Consumer | An organism that gets energy by eating secondary consumers |
| Herbivore | An organism that eats plants or other producers |
| Carnivore | An organism that eats other animals |
| Omnivore | An organism that eats both plants and animals |
| Decomposer | An organism that breaks down dead organisms and waste and returns nutrients to the environment |
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