Vocabulary Review Game

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  1. 1. animal that feeds chiefly on plants
  2. 5. a relationship between two organisms where one benefits, and the other is harmed
  3. 6. species animal or plant that has the ability to spread causing damage to the environment
  4. 8. study of the conservation of biological diversity and the effects of humans on the environment
  5. 9. capacity the amount of space in an area
  6. 11. eats the flesh
  7. 13. natural environment in which a species or group of species lives
  8. 14. organisms that can make their own energy
  9. 18. produces the sugars that feed the plant
  10. 21. feeds on its prey
  11. 22. nonliving things
  12. 23. competing in an activity
  13. 25. breaks down the cells of dead plants and animals
  14. 27. energy a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
  15. 28. energy energy contained in light rays or any other form of radiation
  16. 30. density measure of the number of organisms that make up a population in a defined area
  17. 33. effect the atmosphere of a planet traps radiation emitted by its sun
  18. 35. chain a succession of organisms in an ecological community that are linked to each other through the transfer of energy and nutrients
  19. 36. living things
  20. 37. both organisms are benefited
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  1. 2. growth an increasingly rapid rate in proportion to the growing total number
  2. 3. factor resources or environmental conditions that limit the growth
  3. 4. the clearing of land for a purpose
  4. 7. an organism that is able to form nutritional organic substances
  5. 10. fixation process of combining atmospheric nitrogen with other elements
  6. 12. pyramid the amount of energy in each trophic level of an ecosystem
  7. 15. receive energy by consuming other organisms
  8. 16. refers to how pollutants enter a food chain
  9. 17. animal that eats either other animals or plants
  10. 19. organism that is dependent on complex organic substances for nutrition because it cannot synthesize its own food
  11. 20. responsible use and protection of the natural environment through conservation and sustainable practices
  12. 24. level the position it occupies in a food chain
  13. 26. the living together of two dissimilar organisms
  14. 29. energy comes from a chemical reaction
  15. 31. refers to the way in which an organism fits into an ecological community or ecosystem
  16. 32. growth occurs when the growth rate decreases as the population reaches carrying capacity
  17. 34. community of living organisms