Science Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Ecology | The study of the interactions between living and nonliving things |
Population | A group of interbreeding organisms coexisting together |
Community | A group of populations living and interacting in the same area |
Ecosystem | An association of living organisms and their physical environment |
Biome | A group of ecosystems classified by climate and plant life |
Primary consumer | An organism that eats producers |
Secondary consumer | An organism that eats primary consumers |
Tertiary consumer | An organism that eats secondary consumers |
Ecological pyramid | A diagram that shows the biomass of organisms at each trophic level |
Biomass | A measure of the total dry mass of organisms within a particular region |
Transpiration | Evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant |
Watershed | An ecosystem where all water runoff drains into a single body of water |
Greenhouse effect | The process by which certain gases (principally water vapor, carbon dioxide, and methane) trap hear that would otherwise escape the earth and radiate into space |
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