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ecosystem
STUDYYY
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| change | when something becomes different over time |
| competition | when two or more populations use the same resource, such as the same food source |
| consumer population (heterotrrophis) | a population that eats organisms with each other and their environment |
| ecologist | a scientist who studies the interactions of organisms with each other and their environment |
| ecosystem | all the living the nonliving things interacting in a particular area |
| energy | the ability to make things move or change |
| energy storage molecule (glcose) | a molecule that organisms can use to release the energy they need to survive |
| food web | a model that shows what eats what in an ecosystem |
| indiect effect | the results of one case leading to an effect that case one or more other effects |
| organisms | living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria |
| population | a groups of the same type of organism living in the same area |
| reproduction | the process of creating offspring |
| resource population | a population that is eaten by organisms from another population |
| stability | when something stays mostly the same over time |
| producer population (autotrophs) | a population that is able to make their own food through photosynthesis |
| decomposer | an organism that is able to break down other organisms and waste |
| parasitism | interaction between 2 organism here they both benefit |
| mutualism | interaction in which one organism benefits, and the other is not impacted |
| abiotic | not living parts of the environment |
| biotic | living parts of the environment |