Unit 6 Ecology Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Biodiversity | The number of different species in an area. The greater the variety of organisms the more successful an ecosystem can be. |
Ecosystem | All the living (biotic) and nonliving (abiotic) things that interact in an area. |
Community | All the different organisms that live together in an area; only biotic factors. |
Niche | An organism's particular role in an ecosystem. The organisms relationship to other organisms that allow it to survive. |
Energy Pyramid | A diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in an ecosystem. |
Consumer/Heterotroph | An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms. |
Producer/Autotroph | An organism that can make its own food. |
Migration | The regular, periodic journey of an animal from one place to another and back again for the purpose of feeding or reproducing. |
Hibernation | A state of greatly reduced body activity that occurs during the winter. |
Decomposer | An organism at breaks down large molecules from dead organisms into small molecules and returns important materials to the environment. |
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