| A | B |
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| biotic | means living |
| abiotic | means non-living |
| prefix bio means | life related |
| study of the interactions of organisms is the science branch of... | ecology |
| population | the same type of species living in a community |
| community | different organism coexisting peacefully |
| habitat | organism's home |
| niche | an organism's specific role or job in the community |
| link of food chains | food web |
| interdependent | depending on each other |
| ecosystem | all of the living and non-living things that interact is called this |
| producers | make their own food and get energy from the sun |
| consumers (primary) | feed on producers |
| consumers (secondary) | feed on primary consumers for energy |
| decomposers | break down dead organisms into simpler substances |
| energy pyramid | amount of energy at each feeding level |
| symbiosis | includes commensalism, mutualism, and parasitism in which one organism benefits |
| physiological adaptation | something inside an organism's body which aids or helps it |
| structual adaptation | a feature on the body which aides or helps an organism |
| behavioral adaptation | a behavior which aids or helps an organism |
| evaporation | phase change from liquid to a gas |
| condensation | phase change from a gas to a liquid |
| precipitation | condensation that falls from the sky, based on temperature |
| transpiration | evaporation from the leaves of plants |
| ecological succession | process in which the community in a place is gradually replaced by another community |
| biogeography | study of where plants and animals live throughout the world |
| tundra | most northern biome, characterized by permafrost |
| taiga | under the tundra geographically, characterized by confiers |
| TDF | where we live, characterized by 4 seasons |
| TRF | most densely packed biome, hot in climate |
| grasslands | savanna, periods of dry grass |
| desert | biome of hot climate during the day, cold climate at night |
| estuary | where fresh and salt water meet |
| extinct | a species that no longer exists |
| endangered | a species that is in danger of becoming extinct |
| deforestation | destruction of forests |
| captive breeding | selectively choosing organisms to reproduce to prevent extinction |
