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| 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 (Heterotrophs) | A population that eats organisms from another population. |
| Ecologist | A scientist who studies the interactions of organisms with each other and their environment. |
| Ecosystem | All living and nonliving things interacting in a particular area. |
| Energy | The ability to make things move or change. |
| Energy Storage Molecules | Molecules (like glucose) that organisms use to release energy needed 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 then causes one or more other effects. |
| Organisms | Living things such as plants, animals, and bacteria. |
| Population | A group of the same 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 its own food through photosynthesis. |
| Decomposer | An organism that is able to break down waste and dead organisms. |
| Parasitism | An interaction in which one organism benefits and the other is harmed. |
| Mutualism | An interaction between two organisms where both benefit |
| Commensalism | An interaction in which one organism benefits and the other is not impacted. |
| Abiotic | The nonliving parts of the environment |
| Biotic | The living parts of the environment |