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ecosystems
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Change | When something becomes different over time |
| Compeition | When two or more populations use the same resource, such as the same food source |
| Consumer population | A population that eats organisms from another population |
| Ecologist | A sicentist who studies the interactions of organisms with each other and their enviornment |
| Ecosystem | All the living and nonliving thing interacting in a particular way |
| Energy | The ability ro make thing move or change |
| Energy Storage Molecule | A molecule the organisms can use to release the energy the need to survive |
| food web | A modle that shows what eats what in an ecosystem |
| Indirect Effect | The result of one cause leading to and effect that casues one or more other effects |
| Organisms | Living thing such as plants, animals, and bacteria |
| population | A group of the same type of orgamism living in the same area |
| Reproduction | The process of creating offspring |
| Resource population | A population that is eaten by organisms form another population |
| Stability | When something stays the same over time |
| Producer population | A populaton that is able to make their own food through photosynthesis |
| Decomposer | An organism that is able to break down other organisms and watse |
| parasitism | Interaction in which one organism befits and the other is harmed |
| Mutualism | Interacion between 2 organism where they both benefit |
| Commensalism | Interaction in which one organism benefits, and the other is not impacted |
| Abibtic | Not living parts of the environment |
| Biotic | living parts of the envirnment |