Ecology: Ecological Relationships & Changes in the Environment
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| Abiotic | Non living
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| Biotic | Living or materials that have had life.
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| Predator | An organism which hunts other organisms for food.
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| Prey | An animal hunted or caught for food.
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| Producer | Any plant, such as grass, flowers, or trees.
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| Consumer | An organism that eats other organisms as food.
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| Parasite | An organism, such as this tape worm, that steals nutrients from another organism.
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| Host | Organism that supports a parasite.
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| Organism | Any living thing, such as a plant or animal.
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| Population | A group of the same type of organism that lives in the same area.
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| Ecosystem | All of the biotic and abiotic parts of an area.
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| Food Web | Several overlapping food chains.
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| Food Chain | A model of how energy moves from producers to consumers.
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| Natural Selection | Helpful traits are passed on to new generations.
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| Camouflage | Blending in to the environment
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| Adaptation | A change in an organism that helps it survive.
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| Diapause | Insect form of hibernation
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| Migration | The movement of animals due to a change in season.
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| Pollution | Harmful substances mixing with the air, land, and/or water.
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| Overfishing | Catching large numbers of fish so as to deplete their populations.
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| Dead Zones | Low-oxygen areas in the world's oceans.
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| Watershed | Area of land that drains water from a higher area of land to a lower level of land and into a stream.
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| Groundwater | Water located the Earth’s surface
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| Surface Water | Water that is located at the Earth's surface.
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