Vocab 1
A living thing
Organism
all the different populations that live tother in one area
community
breaks down biotic waste and dead organisms. returning the raw materials to the ecosystem
decomposers
states that when one form of evergy is transformed to another, no energy is lost in the process
law of conservation of energy
an environment a thing for a specific organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce
habitat
the community of organisms that live in a particular area along with the nonliving environment
ecosystem
a series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy and nutrients
food chain
is the process by which molecules at the surface of liquid water absorb enough energy to change to gas
evaporation
the parts of a habitat that are or were once alive and that interact with an organism
biotic factor
environmental factor the causes a population to stop growing or decrease in size such fatal diseases infecting organisms
limiting factors
consists of many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem
food web
process of a gas changing to a liquid
condensation
nonliving parts of an organism's habitat
abiotic factor
organisms that can make it's own food
producers
show the amount of energy that moved from one feeding level to another in a food web
energy pyramid
heavy drop falls rain, snow, sleet, or hail
precipitation
all the members of one species living in a particular area
population
obtain energy by feeding on other organisms
consumers
states that matter is neither created or destroyed during any chemical or physical change
law of conservation of mass