Populations and Resources Amplify Vocabulary

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all the living and nonliving things interacting in a particular area

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ecosystem

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What are living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria, called?

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organisms

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

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Competition

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A consumer population is

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a population that eats organisms from another population

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a scientist who studies interactions of organisms with each other and their environment

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ecologist

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What type of scientist might be most likely to work with an ecologist?

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biologist

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Energy

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as the ability to make things move or change

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What is a molecule that organisms can use to release the energy they need to survive?

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an energy storage molecule

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A model that shows what eats what in an ecosystem is a

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food web

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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