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VVWA
term | Definition |
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Autotroph | an organism that is able to form nutritional organic substances from simple inorganic substances such as carbon dioxide. |
Heterotroph | an organism deriving its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances. |
Organism | an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form. |
Habitat | the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism. |
Biotic factor | the living components organisms that shape up the environment. |
Abiotic factor | |
Species | a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding. The species is the principal natural taxonomic unit, ranking below a genus and denoted |
Population | a particular section, group, or type of people or animals living in an area or country. |
Community | a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common. |
Ecosystem | |
Ecology | |
Immigration | |
Emigration | |
Population density | |
Limiting factor | |
Carrying capacity | |
Natural selection | |
Adaptation | |
Niche | |
Competition | |
Predation | |
Mutualism | |
Commensalism | |
Parasitism | |
Parasite | an organism that lives in or on an organism of another species its host and benefits by deriving nutrients at the other's expense. |
Host | |
Succession | |
Primary succession | |
Pioneer species | |
Secondary succession | |
Producer | |
Consumer | |
Herbivore | |
Carnivore | |
Omnivore | |
Scavenger | |
Decomposer | |
Food chain | |
Food web | |
Energy pyramid | |
pyramid fixation | |
Biome | |
Climate | |
Desert | |
Rain forest | |
Emergent layer | |
Canopy | |
Dispersal | |
Exotic Species | |
Point source | |
Nonpoint source | |
Biodegradable | |
Natural resource | |
soil conservation | |
crop rotation | |
Contour plowing | |
Conservation plowing | |
Biodiversity | |
Keystone species | |
Endangered species | |
Threatened species | |
Extinction | |
Habitat destruction | |
Habitat destruction | |
Poaching | |
Captive breading |