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Ecology Definitions
Exploring Creation with Biology - Module 10 (Ecology) Definitions
Question | Answer |
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Ecosystem | An association of living organisms and their physical environment |
Ecology | The study of relationships among organisms in ecosystems |
Primary consumer | An organism that eats producers |
Secondary consumer | An organism that eats primary consumers |
Tertiary consumer | An organism that eats secondary consumers |
Ecological pyramid | A diagram that shows the biomass of the organisms at each trophic level |
Biomass | A measure of the mass of the organisms within a region divided by the area of that region |
Watershed | An ecosystem where all water runoff drains into a single river or stream |
Greenhouse effect | The process by which certain gases (principally water, carbon dioxide, and methane) trap heat that would otherwise escape the earth and radiate into space |
Transpiration | Evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant |