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8.12A Science Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| disturbance | in ecology, an event that changes a community by removing or destroying organisms or by altering resource availability |
| ecosystem | a community of organisms and their abiotic, or nonliving, environment |
| energy transfer | the movement of energy from one object or place to another |
| food web | a diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem |
| population | a group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area |
| consumer | an organism that eats other organisms or organic matter |
| energy | the ability to do work or cause changes in matter |
| food chain | the path of energy transfer through various stages as a result of the feeding patterns of a series of organisms |
| producer | an organism that can make its own food by using energy from its surroundings |
| system | a set of interacting parts that work together |