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Ecology
Ecology Vocab
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5th Grade
04/13/2011

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Term
Organisms
Definition
Living things
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Chlorophyll
Definition
A green substance in plant leaves that captures energy from the sun.
Term
Photosynthesis
Definition
The process in which plants use energy from the sun to make their own food.
Term
Producer
Definition
An organism that makes its own food.
Term
Adapt
Definition
Change
Term
Adaptation
Definition
A change an organism undergoes in order to survive.
Term
Habitat
Definition
The specific environment where an organism lives.
Term
Population
Definition
all the organisms of the same species that live in the same area at the same time.
Term
Community
Definition
Populations of a different species that live in the same area at the same time.
Term
Ecosystem
Definition
All the populations of organisms and the nonliving things in am environment, and the interaction among them.
Term
Biome
Definition
One of the 6 major areas of the world that is home to specific plant and animal populations and is defined by its climate.
Term
Pollution
Definition
Anything in the environment that can harm living organisms or damage the natural resources there.
Term
Niche
Definition
An organisms role in an ecosystem based on how it gets its food.
Term
Consumers
Definition
Animals that eat other organisms.
Term
Herbivores
Definition
Animlas thta eat only plants.
Term
Carnivores
Definition
Animals that eat only other animals.
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Omnivores
Definition
Animals that eat both plants and animals.
Term
Predators
Definition
Animals that hunt other animals for food.
Term
Prey
Definition
Animals that are hunted by predators.
Term
Decomposers
Definition
Organisms that feed on and breaks down dead plants and animals.
Term
Food chain
Definition
The path of energy from the sun to a plant to an animal to another animal.
Term
Food Web
Definition
A group pf overlapping food chains.
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Species
Definition
Group of living things that are all the same kind.
Term
Ecology
Definition
The study of living and nonliving things and their interactions
Term
Energy Pyramind
Definition
Gets smaller from bottom to top because energy is used up at each level.
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