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b) Habitat
where certain species live
c) Population
the amount of a certain species that live in one area
d) Community
a place where different animals live
e) Niche
all organisms have a role
f) Predation
whena nother animals hunts the other
g) Symbiosis

communalism both are helped mutualism one is helped other is not harmed or helped parasitism one is harmed other benefits

h) Carrying capacity
the amount of animals that a area can hold
i) Producer
the first in line on the food chain
j) Photosynthesis
what a plant uses to make food
k) Chemosynthesis
the synthesis of organic compounds by bacteria or other living organisms using energy derived from reactions involving inorganic chemicals
l) Consumer

primary first secondary second in line tertiary the main predator

m) Detritivore
eats dead organic beings
n) Food web
how animals are ate in order
o) Food chain
the prodcer to consumer to predator
p) Energy pyramid
how energy is transferred form each organism to each other
q) Renewable resource
resources that can be renewed wood solar energy
r) Nonrenewable resource
resources that can not be renewed fossil fuels
s) Resource depletion
when resource become depleted
t) Biome
a place with certain ecological distinctions
u) Ecosystem
where certain animals and plants live
v) Salinity
the amount of salt in area
w) Ecological succession
primary nothing left secondary have rich resources
x) Climax community
when a area cannot sustain more animals
y) Pioneer species
the first species to move into another place
z) Eutrophication
when lake water has to many nutrients
aa) Deforestation
cutting down forests
bb) Desertification
turning rich soil to sand
cc) Urban sprawl
human destroying more land
dd) Reforestation
planting more trees
ee) Reclamation
riverbeds form more land
ff) Point source pollution
Where pollution comes from power plants
gg) Nonpoint source pollution
land run off from over fertilization
hh) Photochemical smog
when 2 chemicals create a smog
ii) Acid precipitation
chemicals stored in clouds and it rains and the water erodes
jj) Particulate matter
particles in the air
kk) Global warming
the earth getting hotter because of chemicals
ll) Greenhouse effect
is a process by which thermal radiation from a planetary surface is absorbed by atmospheric greenhouse gases, and is re-radiated in all directions.
mm) Air quality index
how clean the air is