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Interactions of life
Interactions of life- Ashley D.
Question | Answer |
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Biosphere | the part of earth theat supports life, including the top portion of Earths crust, all the waters that cover Earths surface and surrounding atmosphere |
Carrying capacity | the largest number of individuals of one species that an ecosystem can support over time |
Commensalism | a symviotic relationship in which one organidm venefits and the other is not affected |
Consumer | organism that cannot make energy rich molocuels |
Ecology | the study of interactions that occur among organidmd and their environment |
Ecosystem | all the organidms living in an area and the nonliving features of the environment |
Habitat | the place in which and organicm lives |
Limiting factor | anything that restricks tha number of individuals in an population |
Mutualism | a dymbiotic relationship in which bolth species benefit |
Community | all the populations in an ecosystem |
Niche | haw an organism survives includung its habitat, how it obtains food and shelter, and how it avoids danger |
Parasitism | a symbiotic relationship in which one organism benifits and the other is harmed |
Population | all the organisms in an ecosystem that belongs to the same species |
Producer | organisms that use an outside energy souce, such as the sun to make energy rich molecules |
Symbiosis | any close relationship between species |
Preditor | consumers that capture and eat othe consumers |
Prey | a consumer captured and eaten by another consumer |
Compitition | two or more organisms seek the same resource at the same time |
Chemosynthesis | the production of energy rich nutrient molecules from chemicals |
food web | shoes all the possible feeding relationships among the organisms in a community |
energy pyramid | shows the amount of energy available at each feeding level in an ecosystem |
food chain | a simple way of showing how matter and energy pass from one organism to another |