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Ecology CC
Term | Definition |
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Symbiosis | Relationship between (different) species in which at least one benefits |
Pollution | The harmful addition to the environment (by humans) |
Competition | When 2 or more organisms fight for a resource that is in short supply. |
Contest Competition | An active physical confrontation between 2 organisms in which only one wins the resource |
Predation | The act of killing and eating another animal (or organism) for food. |
Predator | An animal (or organism ) which kills and eats an animal (or organism or prey) |
Scramble competition | A confrontation which results in each organism getting some of the resource |
Abiotic Factor | A non- living factor |
Biosphere | Part(s) of earth that supports life |
Biotic Factor | Living (organism’s influence on another organism) |
Carnivore | An animal that feeds on animals only |
Climatic Factor | Factors relating to long term weather conditions [which affects the distribution of organisms in an ecosystem] |
Conservation | The wise management of the environment or organisms |
Decomposition | The decaying of a dead organism |
Denitrification | The conversion of nitrates into atmospheric nitrogen |
Ecology | Study of the interaction between organisms themselves and their environment. |
Ecosystem | Organisms and their (interactions with) environment |
Edaphic Factor | Factors relating to the soil [which affects the distribution of organisms in a (terrestrial) ecosystem] |
Food Web | Interconnected food chains |
Grazing Food Chain | Feeding relationship between organisms in which energy is transferred. |
Habitat | (Place) where a species (or an organism) lives |
Herbivore | An animal that feeds on plants only. |
Niche | The functional role of an organism (in an ecosystem) |
Nitrification | The process of converting ammonia into nitrites and/or nitrites to nitrates |
Nitrogen fixing | The conversion of nitrogen into nitrates. |
Omnivore | An animal that eats both animals and plants. |
Parasitism | An organism which lives in or on another causing it harm. |
Population | The numbers of a particular species [in a particular ecosystem] |
Prey | The animal hunted and killed by its predator |
Primary Consumer | An organism which feeds on the primary producer. |
Producer | An organism which makes its own food |
Pyramid of Numbers | The amount of organisms at each trophic level. |
Qualitative survey | A survey which indicates if a species is present or not |
Quantitative survey | A survey which records or estimates the numbers of a species (in a particular ecosystem). |
Secondary Consumer | An organism which feeds on the primary consumer. |
Tertiary Consumer | An organism which feeds on the secondary consumer. |
Trophic Level | The position of an organism in a food chain |