Populations and Resources Amplify Vocabulary

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What is a population?

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A group of the same type of organism living in the same area.

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What does an ecologist study?

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Interactions of organisms with each other and their environment.

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What is a sample?

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A small part that is meant to show what the whole is like.

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What is a consumer population?

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A population that eats organisms from another population.

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What is competition in ecology?

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When two or more populations use the same resource, such as the same food source.

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What is a resource in an ecosystem?

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Any substance or object that is used by organisms to survive, such as food, water, and shelter.

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What is a producer in an ecosystem?

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An organism that can make its own food, typically through photosynthesis, like plants.

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What is a decomposer?

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An organism that breaks down dead or decaying organisms, returning nutrients to the soil.

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What is biodiversity?

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The variety of different species in a given area.

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What is an ecosystem?

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A community of living organisms and their interactions with their environment.