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Ecology
Term | Definition |
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Consumer | Any heterotrophic organism that eats producers or other consumers. |
Food chain | Series of organisms through which energy is transferred. |
Biosphere | Portion of the earth in which living things exist. |
Carnivore | Meat eating organism. |
Biodiversity | When a wide variety of different species live together in an ecosystem. |
Habitat | Place where organisms live. |
Food web | Diagram composed of several different food chains. |
Competition | Struggle for resources among organisms. |
Ecology | The study of how organisms interact with other living things and their physical environment. |
Herbivore | Plant/producer eating organism. |
Predator | Organism that hunts, kills, and eats the prey. |
Limiting factors | Any biotic/abiotic factors that can limit the growth of species populations in an environment. |
Community | A level or biological organization that includes all the population in a region. |
Prey | Organism that is killed and eaten by the predator. |
Carrying capacity | The number of individuals the environment can support. |
Ecosystem | A self sustaining community such as an aquarium. |
Niche | The role that each species plays in an ecosystem. |
Decomposer | Organism that breaks down dead or decaying organisms. |
Succession | The gradual replacement of one community for another until a climax (final) community is in place. |