Science C-18
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- Abiotic
- The part of the environment that isn't living.
- Herbivore
- Eats plants.
- Producer
- Make their own food.
- Scavenger
- Eats left overs of a daed animal.
- Omnivore
- Eats both plants and animals.
- Coevolution
- A long-term change that takes place in 2 species.
- Habitat
- Environment in witch it lives.
- Community
- All the different populations that live in the same area.
- Energy Pyramid
- Shows loss of energy at each level of the food chain.
- Food Chain
- Shows how energy gets passed from one organism to the next.
- Biotic
- The part of the environment that is living.
- Biosphere
- The part of earth where life exists.
- Ecosystem
- All the living and non-living things in the environment.
- Food Web
- A diagram showing many energy pathways in a real ecosystem.
- Consumer
- Eat producers or other consumers.
- Ecology
- The study of the interactions between organisms and their environments.
- Parasitism
- A symbiotic relationship in witch 1 organism benefits and the other is harmed.
- Carrying Capacity
- The population that a given environment can support over a long period of time.
- Population
- A group of the same species that live in the same area.
- Carnivore
- Eats meat.
- Symbiosis
- A close long-term relationship between 2 or more species.
- Commensalism
- A symbiotic relationship in witch 1 organism benefits and the other is uneffected.
- Mutualism
- A symbiotic relationship in witch both organisms benefit.
- Niche
- Way of life.