Ecology Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Ecology | study of all the interactions among organisms and their envio. |
Abiotic Factor | any non-living part of the enviornment, such as water,sunlight,temp.,and air |
Biotic Factor | any living or once live organism in the enviornment |
Population | all of the individuals of 1 species that live in the same space and time |
Community | all of the populations of different species in a given area that interact in some ways and depend on one another for food, shelter,and other needs |
Ecosystem | all of the communities in a give area and abiotic |
Biosphere | part of the earth that supports life- the top part of earths crust all the water covering earths surface and surrounding atmosphere; includes all biome, ecosystems,communities, and populations |
Population density | number of individuals in a population that occupies an area w/ limited size |
Limiting factor | any biotic or abiotic factor that limits the number of individuals in a population |
Symbiosis | any close interaction among 2 or more different species including mutualism commenalism and parasitism |
Niche | role of an organisms in an ecosystem including what it eats how it interacts w/ other organisms and how it gets food |
Habitat | place where organisms live |
Food chain | model that describes how energy passes from organism to another |
Food web | model that describes how energy from food moves through a community; a series of overlapping food chains |
Water cycle | continuous cycle of water molecule on earth as they rise into the amosphere, fall back to earth as rain or other precipitation and flow into rivers and oceans through process of evaporaton and condensation |
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