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Vocab Module 10
Module 10 Vocab Exploring Creation with Biology
Question | Answer |
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Ecology | Study of the interactions between living and nonliving things |
Population | Group of interbreeding organisms coexisting together |
Community | Groups of populations living and interacting the the same area |
Ecosystem | Association of living organisms and their physical environment |
Biome | Group of ecosystems classified by climate and plant life |
Primary consumer | Organism that eats producers |
Secondary consumer | Organism that eats primary consumers |
Tertiary consumer | Organism that eats secondary consumers |
Ecological pyramid | Diagram that shows the biomass of organisms at each trophic level |
Biomass | Measure of the total dry mass of organisms within a particular region |
Transpiration | Evaporation of water from the leaves of plants |
Watershed | Ecosystem where all water runoff drains into a single body of water |
Greenhouse effect | Process by which certain gases (water vapor, caron dioxide, and methane) trap heat that would otherwise escape the earth and radiate into space |