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Science Vocab
Ecosytemes First Half
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Autoroph | A organism who makes their own food. |
| Heterotroph | A organism that can't make it's own food. |
| Predator | A animal that hunts and kills other animals for food. |
| Scavenger | A type of consumer that feeds on dead plant and animal material |
| Prey | A animal that is hunted and eaten by the pretator. |
| Ecosystem | The living and nonliving elements of a area |
| Community | A group of populations living and interacting with one another in a area. |
| Population | A group of organisms of the same spices who live in the same area at the same time |
| Consumer | A living thing that consumes (eates) other living things |
| Energy Pyramid | A Diagram that shows how the amount of energy available changes at each step |
| Limiting factors | Whatever reasorce is in shortest supply compared to the amount needed for growth |
| Biotic facters | Living parts of a organism's habbitat |
| Abiotic facters | Nonliving parts of a organism's habbitat |