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Biology0001
....Biology..i just said that..
| Words | What they mean |
|---|---|
| Ecology | Study of interactions of living organisms with one another and with their physical environments |
| Habitat | The place where a particular population of a species live in its habitat |
| Community | the different species that live together in a habitat |
| Ecosystem | ecological system, consitst of a community and all the physical aspects |
| Abiotic Factors | aspects of a habitat |
| Biotic Factors | organisms in a habitat |
| Biodiversity | the variety of organisms and their genetic differences and ecosystems in which they occur |
| Pioneer Species | the first organisms to live in a new habitat |
| Succession | Regular progessions of species replacement |
| Seconadary Sucession | Secondary succession is one of the two types of ecological succession of plant life. As opposed to the first, primary succession, secondary succession is a process started by an event. |
| Primary Productivity | Synthesis of organic materials (biomass) by green plants using the energy captured in photosynthesis |
| Consumers | Synthesis of organic materials (biomass) by green plants using the energy captured in photosynthesis |
| Trophic Level | 1.Each of several hierarchical levels in an ecosystem, comprising organisms that share the same function in the food chain and the same nutritional relationship to the primary sources of energy |
| Food chain | A hierarchical series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food |
| Producers | Produces organisms in an ecosystem that captures energy |
| Herbovore | An animal that feeds on plants |
| Carnivore | An animal that feeds on flesh. |
| Omnivore | An animal or person that eats food of both plant and animal origin |
| Detritivore | An organism that feeds on detritus or organic waste. |
| Decomposer | An organism whose ecological function involves the recycling of nutrients by performing the natural process of decomposition as it feeds on dead or decaying organisms |
| Food web | A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains |
| Energy Pyramid | An ecological pyramid (or trophic pyramid) is a graphical representation designed to show the biomass or biomass productivity at each trophic level in a given ecosystem |
| Biomes | 1.A large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat, e.g., forest or tundra |
| Biogeochemical | 1.Relating to or denoting the cycle in which chemical elements and simple substances are transferred between living systems and the environment |
| Ground water | underground water that is held in the soil and in pervious rocks |
| Transpiration | The evaporation of water through leaves of plants |
| Nitrogen fixation | 1.The chemical processes by which atmospheric nitrogen is assimilated into organic compounds, esp. by certain microorganisms as part of the nitrogen cycle |
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