Understanding Ecological Populations Vocabulary

Define consumer population

• when something becomes different over time

• when two or more populations use the same resource, such as the same food source

• a population that eats organisms from another population

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

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Define change

• when something becomes different over time

• when something stays mostly the same over time

• a small part that is meant to show what the whole is like

• the result of one cause leading to an effect that causes one or more other effects

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Define ecosystem

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

• a group of the same type of organism living in the same area

• all the living and nonliving things interacting in a particular area

• the process of creating offspring

Define competition

• the ability to make things move or change

• a molecule that organisms can use to release energy, and that is made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms

• a population that eats organisms from another population

• when two or more populations use the same resource, such as the same food source

Define ecologist

• the ability to make things move or change

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

• all the living and nonliving things interacting in a particular area

• a molecule that organisms can use to release the energy needed to survive

Define energy

• the ability to make things move or change

• a molecule that organisms can use to release the energy needed to survive

• a model that shows what eats what in an ecosystem

• a molecule that organisms can use to release energy, and that is made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms

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Define population

• a group of the same type of organism living in the same area

• the process of creating offspring

• a population that is eaten by organisms from another population

• when two or more populations use the same resource, such as the same food source

Define food web

• a model that shows what eats what in an ecosystem

• the result of one cause leading to an effect that causes one or more other effects

• a group of atoms joined together in a particular way

• living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria

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Define sample

• a population that is eaten by organisms from another population

• when something stays mostly the same over time

• a small part that is meant to show what the whole is like

• the process of creating offspring

Define stability

• when something stays mostly the same over time

• when something becomes different over time

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

• a small part that is meant to show what the whole is like