plant cell organelle that converts sunlight into energy.

The process by which oxygen and glucose undergo a complex series of reactions inside cells, releasing energy

A living thing that consumes another living thing

an animal that eats only plant and plant materials

an animal that only eats other animals

an animal that eats both plants and other animals

a living thing that breaks down dead material, and releases nutrients back into the environment

a type of consumer that feeds on dead plant and animal material

A group of organisms of the same species who live in the same area at the same time.

A group of populations living and interacting with each other in an area.

An ecosystem is the living and nonliving elements of an area.

The environment in which a species normally lives or the location of a living organism

Living part of an organism’s habitat (or were once alive) and interact with an organism

Nonliving parts of an organisms habitat

the number of individuals in an area of a specific size.

An animal that feeds on a primary consumer

the arrangement of living things in an order which each uses the next as a source of food

A food web is a combination of all of the food chains in an ecosystem

A diagram to show how the amount of energy available changes at each step of the food chain.

The process by which molecules at the surface of liquid water gain enough energy to change into a gas

The process of a gas changing into a liquid

Water that falls from a cloud in the form of rain, snow, sleet or hail

Animal that hunts and kills other animals for food

Animal that is hunted and eaten by the predator

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ecology test

Term	Definition
Chloroplast	plant cell organelle that converts sunlight into energy.
Cellular respiration	The process by which oxygen and glucose undergo a complex series of reactions inside cells, releasing energy
consumer	A living thing that consumes another living thing
Herbivore	an animal that eats only plant and plant materials
Carnivores	an animal that only eats other animals
Omnivores	an animal that eats both plants and other animals
Decomposer	a living thing that breaks down dead material, and releases nutrients back into the environment
Scavenger	a type of consumer that feeds on dead plant and animal material
Organism	An organism is a living thing.
Population	A group of organisms of the same species who live in the same area at the same time.
Community	A group of populations living and interacting with each other in an area.
Ecosystem	An ecosystem is the living and nonliving elements of an area.
Habitat	The environment in which a species normally lives or the location of a living organism
Biotic factors	Living part of an organism’s habitat (or were once alive) and interact with an organism
Abiotic factors	Nonliving parts of an organisms habitat
Immigration	Moving to a population
Emigration	Leaving a population
Population density	the number of individuals in an area of a specific size.
Primary consumer	An animal that feeds on plants
Secondary consumer	An animal that feeds on a primary consumer
Food chain	the arrangement of living things in an order which each uses the next as a source of food
Food web	A food web is a combination of all of the food chains in an ecosystem
Energy pyramid	A diagram to show how the amount of energy available changes at each step of the food chain.
Evaporation	The process by which molecules at the surface of liquid water gain enough energy to change into a gas
Condensation	The process of a gas changing into a liquid
Precipitation	Water that falls from a cloud in the form of rain, snow, sleet or hail
Predator	Animal that hunts and kills other animals for food
Prey	Animal that is hunted and eaten by the predator

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