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| Ecosystem | All of the organisms that live in an area and the non-living features of their environment.
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| Community | All the populations of all of the species living in an area at one time.
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| Population | All of the members of the one species that live in an area at one time.
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| Competition | Examples of things organisms compete for: food, shelter, territory, and water.
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| Growth Limits | When growth of a population is limited by resources individuals of that species compete for. (Same things individuals compete for food, water, shelter, and territory.
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| Limiting Factors | Anything that restricts the number of individuals in a population. (Same as things individuals competed for, plus predators and disease.) [Why? Because this includes Growth Factors plus death factors.]
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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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| Biotic Potential | The highest rate of reproduction under ideal circumstances
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| Habitat | The place in which an organism lives.
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| Niche | An organisms role in its environment: how it obtains food and shelter, finds a mate, cares for its young, avoids danger, etc.
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| Producers | Organisms that use energy from an outside source, usually the Sun, to make energy rich food molecules.
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| Consumers | Organisms that obtain energy by eating at least parts of other organisms.
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| Decomposers | Organisms that break down once living matter to get energy.
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| Parasitism | Symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed. Ex. ticks on a dog.
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| Commensalism | Symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other not affected. Ex. hermit crab.
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| Mutualism | Symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit.
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| Predator and Prey | Alligator and snake is an example of predator and prey.
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| Neutralism | Symbiotic relationship in which neither organisms benefit.
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