Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Background Vocabulary


In order to uderstand my blog, here is a little background information.

Chaparral- a dense growth of scrubs or scrub trees

Abiotic- any non living peices of an ecosystem or habitat.

Biotic- Living pieces of an ecosystem or habitat

Niche- An animals talent, role or job

Habitat- The environment that holds necessities for the life of an animal

Decomposer- An orginism that breaks down living substances

Scavenger- An animal that searches for dead animals to eat

Consumer- An animal that feeds on plants and other animals

Producer- A plant that is able to produce it's own food through photosynthisis

Commensalism- An interaction between two species in which one benifits and the other isn't affected

Mutualism- An interaction between two species in which both species benifit

Parasitism- An interaction between two species in which one species is harmed and the other benifits

Food Chain- Tells or shows what orginisms eat and where the energy moves in an ecosystem or habitat

Food Web- Interconnected and overlapping food chains

Adaptation- A characteristic that enables an orginism to live and reproduce in a particular envirronment

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