Matter
What is matter
Anything that takes up space and or has weight
What living things count as producers in food chains and webs?
plants, grass, trees
What is predation
only one side of the interaction benefits, on side eats and the other side it eaten
What two things can cause a population to grow?
Birth and immagration
What are some of the most important uses of water?
Drinking
Watering plants
It is an ecosystem
What is matter made up of
Atoms
What is an omnivore
An organism that eats plants and animals
What is mutualism
an interaction where both sides benefit
What does Density-Dependent Limiting factor mean
that depending on how large and closely packed a population is, things like competition, and disease will effect if differently
Where is water stored before it is evaporated?
Reservoirs
Compounds
A mushroom (fungus) is a decomposer, producer of consumer
decomposer
Different species living in different kinds of what?
biomes or habits
The pattern of how a population is dispersed across an area is called what?
Population distribution
Water that comes back to earth through rain or snow is called what?
Precipitation
What is H20- a combination of elemements
water
What are the main resources that animals and people need to survive?
water, food, shelter
What are the smallest functioning part of organisms
Cells
When a part of a group leaves and joins another population what is that called
Emigration
What is is called when water evaporates from plants?
Transpiration
What are the three states of matter
Solid, liquid and gas
what resources does a tree provide for a squirrel
Shelter and food
A mosquito or tick are examples of what?
parasites
What is carrying capacity
The maximum number of individuals of a species an area can hold
Water that is stored underground is called what?
ground water