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Ecology & The Environment Module C HMH

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  • The ruin or alteration of a place inhabited by an ecological community
    earthquake
    habitat destruction
    hurricane
  • The breakup of a continuous area of habitat into several smaller, scattered, and isolated areas
    habitat
    diorama
    plenty
  • The process by which one or more substances change to produce one or more different substances.
    population
    potions
    chemical reaction
    parastitism
  • An organism that eats only plants
    nuts
    herbivore
    vegetable
  • The ability to cause change.
    wishing
    enchanted spell
    energy
  • In ecology, an event that changes a community by removing or destroying organisms or by altering resource availability.
    disturbance
    decompose
    misunderstanding
  • An organism that gets energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms or animal wastes and consuming or absorbing the nutrients.
    decomposer
    producer
    predator
  • A community of organisms and their abiotic, or nonliving, environment.
    village
    farm
    ecosystem
  • The replacement of one type of community by another at a single location over a period of time
    regression
    army ants
    succession
  • The process by which cells use oxygen to produce energy from food.
    cellular respiration
    changes
    prediction
    parastism
  • A group of organisms that are closely related and can mate to produce fertile offspring
    cheetahs
    special forces
    species
  • A symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed.
    commensalism
    parasitism
    mutualism
  • An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
    prey
    predator
    intestine
  • A relationship in which two different organisms live in close association with each other
    symphony
    Sirius Black
    symbiosis
  • A diagram that shows the feeding relationship between organisms in an ecosystem
    foot web
    food web
    menu
  • Anything that has mass and takes up space
    matter
    minerals
    manuals
  • An environmental factor that is not associated with the activities of living organisms.
    biotic factor
    lizard
    green anole
    abiotic factor
  • An organism that eats other organisms or organic matter.
    plant
    rock
    producer
    consumer
  • A benefit that humans obtain from ecosystems.
    action
    ecosystem service
    prediction
  • A group of atoms that are held together by chemical bonds
    metro dome
    models
    molecule
  • An organism that can make its own food by using energy from its surroundings
    producer
    consumer
    decomposer
  • An environmental factor that is associated with or results from the activities of living organisms.
    biology
    abiotic
    commensalism
    biotic factor
  • The process by which plants, algae, and some bacteria use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to make food
    interaction
    population
    photosynthesis
  • Ecological relationship in which two or more organisms depend on the same limited resource.
    commensalism
    parasitism
    competition
    mutualism
  • All of the populations of species that live in the same habitat and interact with each other.
    community
    town
    village
    rural
  • A group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area
    organism
    population
    density
  • A symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits from an interaction, and the other is unaffected.
    parasitism
    mutualism
    commensalism
  • A triangular diagram that shows an ecosystem's loss of energy, which results as energy passes through the ecosystem's food chain.
    energy pyramid
    energy square
    energy circle
  • A symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit from an interaction.
    mutualism
    commensalism
    parasitism
  • An organism that kills and eats all or part of another organism
    mutualism
    prey
    predator
  • The number and variety of organisms in a given area during a specific period of times.
    evidence
    diet
    biodiversity
    predator
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