Populations and Resources Amplify Vocabulary

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What is an ecosystem?

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All the living and nonliving things interacting in a particular area.

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

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Organisms.

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What is a resource population?

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A population that is eaten by organisms from another population.

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What is competition in ecological terms?

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

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How can we define energy?

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As the ability to make things move or change.

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What is ecology?

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The study of interactions between living organisms and their environment.

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What is a population in ecology?

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A group of individuals of the same species living in a specific area.

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What is a community in ecological terms?

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All the different populations that live together in a specific area.

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What is a habitat?

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The natural environment in which an organism lives.

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What is a food chain?

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A sequence that shows how energy and nutrients flow from one organism to another.