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Ecosystem
ch. 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 | a population that eats organisms from another population |
| Ecologist | a scientist who studiees the interactions of organisms with each other and their environment |
| Ecosystem | all the living and nonliving things interacting in a particular area |
| Energy | the ability to make things move or change |
| Energy Storage Molecule | a molecule that organisms can use to release the enrgy they need to survive |
| Food Web | a model that shows what eats what in an ecosystem |
| Indirect Effect | The result of one caue 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 offspring |
| Recource Population | a population that is eaten by organisms from another population |
| Decomposer | an organism that is able to make their own food through photosynthesis |
| Parasitism | interaction in which one organism benefits and the other is harmed. |
| Mutualism | 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 environment |
| Biotic | living parts of the environment |