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Unit One Ecology
BIO
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Biosphere | The part of Earth where life exist including water and land. |
| Ecology | The relation and interaction between organisms and the enviroment |
| Population | all species living in one area |
| community | an assemblage interacting populations given an area |
| ecosystem | a community of organism interacting with each other |
| biome | a large occupying major habitat |
| biotic | relating to another organism or a living thing |
| abiotic | no derived from living things |
| autotroph | an organism that is able to to form natural organic substances |
| primary produce | Organisms in an eco system that can produce inorganic compounds |
| heterotroph | An organism that is required organic compounds for its source of food |
| consumer | An organism that feeds on other animals |
| Habitat | an environment for an organism |
| Niche | a function of an animal in a eco system |
| Resource | a source of supply and supprot |
| Predation | An animal that captures an organism and feeds on others |
| Herbivory | feeds on animal |
| Symbiosis | mutalism |
| Mutualism | two organism that benefit in a on eco system |
| Paratism | An organism that is parasite on another |
| Commensalism | a relation between two organism that can't be in danger |
| Density | Closely set or crowded |
| Distribution | something that is distributed |
| Age Structure | Distribution of various age in a population |
| Immigration | to enter into a new habitat |
| Emigration | to leave a habitat |
| Exponential growth | growth of biological animals |
| Logistic growth | decrease of biological animals |
| Carrying Capacity | an environment that has food, water, habitat, and other resources |
| Limiting Factor | Limits growth of population |
| Density Dependent | When a population is too large then everyone will suffer because all resources are gone |
| Density Independent | When a population is too large and not affected |
| Competition | An interaction between on organism which one has lowered presence by another |
| Biodiversity | The variety of life in an eco system or habitat |
| Habitat fragmentation | The habitat loss of isolated remnants |
| Stability | Act of being stable |
| Ecological succesion | Process of change in species structure of an ecology over time. |
| Primary succesion | Where an environment lacks soil and vegetation |
| Pioneer species | Species that are first to colonize a damaged eco system |
| Secondary succesion | Series of changes taken on a damaged eco system areas including no vegation |
| Agriculture | practice of farming |
| monoculture | Single crop in a given area |
| Renewable resource | A resource that can be used again |
| Non renewable resource | A resource that cannot be used |
| Sustainable resource | A resource that is not damaged or not depleted |
| sustainability | The ability to continue a defined behavior and turn to experts. |
| Desertion | A land that is dry |
| Deforestation | A land that all forest is desctructed |
| Biological magnification | Heavy Metals move up to the food chain |
| Acid Rain | Acid Rain is caused by sulfur dioxide and nirtogen oxide |
| Green House | A house emitted by sun |
| Disturbance Ecology | Temporary change in an environment that causes change in an eco system |
| Ecological footprint | measure of human demand on earths eco system, the amount of natural capacity each year |
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