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ECOSYSTEMS
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Change | When something is different overtime |
| Competitition | When two or more populations |
| Consumer poplution | a population that eats organisms from another population |
| Ecologist | a sciencist who studies the interactions of organisms with each other and their enviroment |
| Ecosystem | All living and non living things interacting in a particular area |
| Energy | The ability to make things move or change |
| Energy Storage molecule (Glucose) | A molecule that Organisms use to release energy |
| Food web | a model that shows what eats what in a ecoystem |
| indirect effect | the result of one cause leading to an effect that causes one or more effects |
| organisms | all living things such as animals and plants |
| Popluation | a group of the same organism living in the same area |
| reproduction | the process of creating offspring |
| resource popluation | a popluation that is eaten by organisms from another organism |
| stability | when something stays mostly the same over time |
| producer population (Autotrophs) | A population that is able to make their own food |
| decomposer | a organism that can break down waste |
| parasitism | interaction in which one organism benefits and the other is harmed |
| mutuallism | interaction between two organism where they both benifit |
| commensalism | interactions in which one organism benefits and the other isn't impacted |
| abiotic | Non living parts of a enviroment |
| biotic | Living parts of a enviroment |