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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is an organism? | A living thing |
| What is a micro-organism? | A living thing that is small and must be veiwed with the help of a microscope |
| What is a biotic element? | Any living thing found in the environment |
| What is a species? | A group of simular organisms that can make and repruduce more of the same type of organism |
| What is a population? | A group of organisms of the same species in a given area |
| What is a community? | A group of populations of a different species in a given area |
| What is a nutrient? | It is a substance that an organism needs to grow and mantain |
| What is ecology | The study of realationships between organisms and between organisms, and their environment |
| What is a habitat? | The environment where an organism lives |
| What is an abiotic element? | Any non-living component of the environment |
| What is an ecosystem? | It is the network of interaction that links the living and non-living parts of an environment |
| What is a decomposer? | An organism that consumes and breaks down dead organisms or waste matter so they can be reused in the ecosystem |
| What is a detrivore? | An organism that feed on large parts of decaying plants and animal matter and on waste matireal |
| What is a producer? | An organism (e.g. plant) that contains chlorophyll and is able to make it's own food |
| What is photosythesis? | It describes the process where plants use energy from the sun to produce high-energy food called |