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Ecology Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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Ecology | Ecology is the study of the interactions of organisms with one another and with their environment. |
Biotic | All of the organisms that live together and interact with one another make up the biotic part of the environment. |
Abiotic | The abiotic part of the environment consist of the nonliving factors, such as water, soil, sunlight, and temperature |
5 levels of environment organization | Organism, population, community, ecoysystem, and biosphere |
Organism | Anything that can perform life processes by itself is a organism |
Population | Each animal is a part of a population, or group of individuals of the same species that live together |
Community | A community consists of all of the populations of species that live and interact in an area |
Ecosystem | All the living and nonliving things that interact in a particular area make up an ecosystem |
Biosphere | The biosphere is the part of earth were life exists |
Producer/autotroph | Organisms that use sunlight directly to make food are called produces |
Consumer/heterotroph | Organisms that eat other organisms are called consumers |
Herbivore | A consumer that eats only plants is called a herbivore |
Carnivore | A carnivore is a consumer that eats animals |
Omnivore | Consumers known as omnivore eat both plants and animals |
Scavenger | Scavengers are omnivores that eat dead plants and animals |
Decomposer | Organisms that get energy by breaking down dead organisms are called decomposers |
Food web | A food web is a diagram that shows the feeling relationships between organisms in a ecosystem |
Food chain | A food chain is a diagram that shows how energy in food flows from one organism to another |
Energy pyramid | An energy pyramid is a diagram that shows on ecosystems loss of energy |
Limiting factor | A resource that is so scarce that is limits the size of a population is called a limiting factor |
Carrying capacity | The largest population that an environment can support is known as the carrying capacity |
Predator | The organism that eats the prey is called the predator |
Prey | The organism that is eaten is called the prey |
Predator adaptations | Methods and abilities to catch prey |
Prey adaptations | Methods and abilities to keep from being eaten |
Symbiosis | Symbiosis is a close, long-term association between two or more species |
Mutualism | A symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit is called mutualism |
Commensalism | A symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected is called commensalism |
Parasitism | A symbiotic association in which one organism benefits while the other is harmed is called parasitism |