apologia biology module 10 vocabulary words second addition
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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 | the 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 trap heat that would otherwise escape the earth and radiate into space |
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