Apologia Biology 2nd Ed. Module 10
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Apologia Biology 2nd Ed. Module 10
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Margs Biology and Geography, Alabama Homeschoolers Rock!
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 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 heat that would otherwise escape the earth and radiate into space |
| quadrafourliary consumer | an organism that eats tertiary consumers |
| quintafiveliary consumer | an organism that eats quadrafourliary consumers |
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