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fulton science 10
1.2 Ecosystems
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ecosystem | a part of a biome in which abiotic components interact with biotic components |
| habitat | a place in which an organism lives |
| nutrients | substances such as the chemicals nitrogen and phosphorus that are required by plants and animals for energy, growth development, repair, or maintenance important component of nutrient cycles in the biosphere |
| photosynthesis | a process in which carbon dioxide enters the leaves of plants and reacts with water in the presence of sunlight to produce carbohydrate and oxygen; photosynthesis also occurs in some micro-onganisms |
| species | a group of closely related organisms that can reproduce with one another |
| population | all the numbers of a particular species within an ecosystem |
| community | all the population of the different species that interact in a specific of area or ecosystem |
| biosphere | the thin layer of air, land and water on or near earths surface in which all living things on earth exist |
| symbiosis | a chemical reaction in which two or more reactant combine to produce a single product also called a combination reaction |
| commensalism | a symbiotic product in which and species benefits and the other species id neither help nor harmed |
| mutualism | a symbiotic relationship between two organisms in which both organism benefits |
| parasitism | a symbiotic relationship in which on species benefits and the other is harmed |
| mimicry | when one animal copy's the other |
| niche | the special role an organism plays in an ecosystem including the way in which it contributes to and fit into its environment |
| competition | a harmful interaction between two or more organism that can occur when organisms compete for the same resource in the same location at the same time |
| predation | predator-prey interactions in which one organism eats all or part of another organism |
| biodiversity | the variety of all living species of plants, animals and micro organisms on earth |
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