simple ecology terms
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| niche | how an organism survives, including its habitat, how it obtains food and shelter, and how it avoids danger
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| habitat | the place in which an organism lives
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| population | all the organisms in an ecosystem that belong to the same species
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| community | all the populations in an ecosystem
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| ecosystem | all the organisms living in an area and the nonliving features of their enviornment
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| biosphere | the part of Earth that supports life, including the top portion of Earth's crust, all the waters that cover Earth's surface, and the surrounding atmoshpere
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| limiting factor | anything that restricts the number of individuals in a population
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| carrying capacity | the largest number of individuals of one species that an ecosystem can support over time
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| ecology | the study of interactions that occur among organisms and their enviornments
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| producer | organisms that use an outside energy source, such as the sun, to make energy-rich molecules
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| consumer | organisms that can't make their own energy-rich molecules
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| symbiosis | any close relationship between species
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| mutualism | a symbiotic relationship in which both species benifit
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| commensalism | a symbiotic relationship in which an organism benefits and the other is not affected
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| parasitism | a symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits but the other is harmed
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| predator | a carnivore eating another animal (prey)
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| prey | the animal being eaten by the predator
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| competition | when animals fight for the same resources
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| chemosynthesis | the production of energy-rich molecules from chemicals
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| food web | a model that shows all the possible feeding relationships among the organisms in a community
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| energy pyramid | show the amount of energy available at each feeding level in an ecosystem
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| food chain | way of showing how matter and energy pass from one organism to another
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