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Ecosystems
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Change | when something becomes different over timeChange when something becomes different over time |
| competition | when two or more populations use the same resource, such as the same food source. |
| consumer population (heterotrophs) | a population that eats orginasims from another population |
| ecologists | a scientist who studies the interactions of organisms with each other and their evvoriment. |
| ecosystems | all the 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 can use to release the energy they need to survive |
| food web | a model that shows what eats what in an ecosystem |
| 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 |
| population | a group of the same type of organism living in the same area |
| reproduction | the process of creating an 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. |
| parasition | interaction in which one organisms benefits and the other is harmed |
| mutation | interaction between 2 organism where they both benefit |
| commensalism | interaction in which one organism benefits, and the other is not impacted |
| abiotic | not living parts of the envoriment |
| biotic | living parts of the envoriment |