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Unit 4 6-10
Unit 4 6-10 ecology words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| food web | a diagram that models feeding relationships within an ecosystem. |
| Cellular respiration | A series of chemical reactions in a cell that break down sugars and release energy. |
| Consumers | An organism that gets its food by eating other organisms. |
| Photosynthesis | The process by which plants convey water and carbon dioxide into sugars and oxygen. |
| Producers | An organism that produces its own food. |
| competition | the situation when two organisms or two species compete for the same resource |
| commercialism | the relationship between two species where one species benefits while the other species is neither harmed or helped |
| mutualism | the relationship between two species where both species benefit |
| parasitism | the relationship between two species where one species benefits while the other is harmed |
| symbiosis | the close and often long-term interaction between two species |
| (Activity 11) Decomposes | An organism that gets its food from dead organisms and wastes from living organisms. |