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Pop & Resources (A)
Vocabulary Amplify Unit
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| food web | a model that shows what eats what in an ecosystem |
| population | a group of the same type of organisms living in the same area |
| resource population | a population that is eaten by organisms from another population |
| consumer population | a population that eats organisms from another population |
| ecosystem | all the living and nonliving things interacting in a particular area |
| energy storage molecule | a molecule that organisms can use to release teh energy they need to survive |
| indirect effect | the result of one cause leading to an effect that causes one or more other effects |
| organisms | living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria |
| stability | when something stays mostly the same over time. |
| competition | when two or more populations use the same resource, such as the same food source |