What is extinction?
An entire species of plants or animals that dies out/ Especies enteras de plantas o animales que se extinguen
What is an apex predator?
A predator at the top of the food chain/ Un animal en la parte superior de la cadena alimenticia
What is an ecosystem?
A community of living and nonliving things working together/ Una comunidad de seres vivos y no vivos trabajando juntos
What is an invasive species?
A new plant or animal brought to a new environment/ Una nueva planta o animal traído a un nuevo entorno.
What is a drought?
A long time without rain causing a water shortage/ Mucho tiempo sin lluvia provocando escasez de agua
What is a secondary consumer?
A living thing that eats the primary consumers (animals below it)/ Un ser vivo que come a los consumidores primarios (animales debajo de él)
What is a species?
A group of organisms that are similar enough to reproduce/ Un grupo de organismos que son lo suficientemente similares para reproducirse
What is a consumer?
A living thing that eats other plants or animals/ Un ser vivo que come otras plantas o animales.
What is Mutualism?
Two organisms live together and benefit from each other/ Dos organismos viven juntos y se benefician mutuamente
What is predation?
When one organism hunts another organism/ Cuando un organismo caza a otro organismo
What is a habitat?
Where animals and plants naturally live/ donde viven animales y plantas naturalmente
What is parasitism?
A living thing that hurts and takes from another living thing/ Un ser vivo que lastima y toma de otro ser vivo
What is a decomposer?
An organism that breaks down dead animals and plants/ Un organismo que descompone animales y plantas muertas
What is competition?
How living things fight for the same resources/ Cómo luchan los seres vivos por los mismos recursos
What is deforestation?
Removing many trees from an area/ Quitar muchos árboles de un área
What is resource scarcity?
Not enough of a resource for all organisms/ No es suficiente recurso para todos los organismos
What is an organism?
Something that is living/ Algo que está viviendo
What is a primary consumer?
A living thing that eats producers (plants)/ Un ser vivo que come productores (plantas)
What is a producer?
A living thing that uses sun light to make food/ Un ser vivo que usa la luz del sol para hacer comida
What is resource abundance?
Having more than enough resources for organisms/ Tener recursos más que suficientes para los organismos.