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Ecology
Terms involved with Ecology Unit
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Science
5th Grade
03/10/2009

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Term

 

Habitat

Definition

 

natural environment of a plant or animal

Term

 

Pollutant

Definition

 

When this is released into the environment, it can harm living things

Term

 

Producers

Definition

 

Provide shelter, protection, and oxygen to systems.

Term

 

Neutral

Definition

 

When a solution is neither an acid or base

Term

 

Base

Definition

 

pH value above 7

Term

 

Acid

Definition

 

pH value below 7

Term

 

Things you need for PHOTOSYNTHESIS

Definition

 

sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water

Term

 

Carnivore

Definition

 

an organism that eats other organisms for energy

Term

 

Watershed

Definition

 

An area of land whose waters drain into the same place

Term

 

Ecology

Definition

 

Science concerned with the relationship of living things to each other and their natural environment

Term

 

Entomologist

Definition

 

An expert in insects

Term

 

Ecosystem

Definition

 

a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment

 

Term

 

Example of consumers

Definition

 

crickets and mosquitoes

Term

 

Scavengers

Definition

 

These oragnisms clean up debris

Term

 

Pollution

Definition

 

the condition that results when pollutants interact with the environment

Term

 

Dependent

Definition

 

When an organism depends on another for survival

Term

 

Interdependent

Definition

 

when two living things depend on each other for survival

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