Ecology TestSO Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
predator | consumers that capture and eat other consumers |
niche | an organisms role in the enviornment |
ecology | the study of interactions that occur among organisms and their enviornments |
chemosynthesis | the production of energy rich molecules from chemicals |
food web | a model that shows all possible feeding relationships among the organisms in a community |
energy pyramid | shows the amount of energy available at each feeding level in an ecosystem |
prey | an organism that is captured by the predator |
consumers | organisms that can't make their own energy rich molecules |
commensalism | a symbiotic relationship in which one organsm benefits and the other is unharmed |
ecosystem | consists of all the organisms living in an area |
food chain | a simple model of the feeding relationships in an ecosystem |
population | made up of all organisms of the same species that live in an area at the same time |
biosphere | part of earth that supports life |
community | all populations of all species living in an ecosystem |
parasitism | a symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is harmed |
habitat | place where an organism lives |
mutualism | a symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit |
symbiosis | any close relationship between species |
competition | occurs when 2 or more organisms seek the same resources at the same time |
limiting factor | anything that restricts the # of individuals in a population |
producers | organisms that use outside energy source like the sun to make energy rick molecules |
carrying capacity | the largest # of individuals of 1 species that an ecosystem can support over time |
dicot | seeds with 2 cotyledon |
monocot | seeds with 1 cotyledon |
organism | a living thing |
cotyledons | stored food |
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