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