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Ecology Unit
Term | Definition |
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Consumers | organisms that get food by eating other organisms |
Biosphere | the part of Earth that supports life |
Habitat | the place in which an organism lives |
Biotic factors | living things in an ecosystem |
Limiting factor | anything that restricts the number of individuals in a population |
Competition takes place when... | more than one organism seeks the same resource at the same time |
Decomposers... | help recycle once-living matter by breaking it down into simple, energy-rich compounds |
Consumers that eat both plants and animals are called... | omnivores |
In the relationship between a raccoon and the fish in a stream, the raccoon is the... | predator |
Omnivores, herbivores, carnivores, and decomposers are all types of... | consumers |
A food web is... | a model of the feeding relationships among organisms in an ecosystem |
In an ecosystem, rain is... | an abiotic factor |
A niche is... | what a species does in its habitat to survive |
A male lion’s mane attracting a mate is an example of a... | Niche |
Woodpeckers use their beaks to pry insects from trees is an example of a.... | Niche |
A chameleon changes its colors to blend in to its surrounding is an example of a... | Niche |
Ducks and amphibians live in or near a pond is an example of a... | Habitat |