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Science Vocab 2/13
interdependence of life vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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Ecology | The study of how organisms react with their environment |
Community | All the different populations that live together in an area |
Ecosystem | - The community of biotic and abiotic things in a particular area |
Food Chain | - The series of events when one organism eats another and obtains energy |
Food Web | - The pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem |
Energy Pyramid | - A diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web |
Niche | - The role of an organism in its habitat |
Carrying Capacity | - The largest population that an area can support |
Symbiosis | - Interaction of two organisms from two different species that benefits at least one of the organisms |
Mutualism | - Interaction of two organisms from two different species that benefits both organisms |
Commensalism | - Interaction of two organisms from two different species that benefits one and the other is neither helped nor harmed |
Parasitism | - A relationship where one organism lives on or in a host and harms it |
Limiting Factor | - An environmental factor that prevents a population from increasing |
Biosphere | - The parts of the Earth that support life |