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Ecology Terms

TermDefinition
Abiotic An environmental factor that is not associated with the activities of living organisms. biogeochemical cycle
Biotic An environmental factor that is associated with or results from the activities of living organisms.
carbon cycle The movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back
Commensalism A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected.
Competition Ecological relationships in which two or more organisms depend on the same limited resource.
Consumer an organism that eats other organisms or organic matter.
Decomposer An organism that gets energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms or animal wastes and consuming or absorbing the nutrients.
Ecology The study of the interactions of living organisms with one another and with their environment.
ecosystem The communities of organisms and their abiotic, or nonliving environment.
energy pyramid A triangular diagram that shows an ecosystem's loss of energy, which results as energy passes through the ecosystem's food chain;
food chain: The pathway of energy transfer through various stages as a result of the feeding patterns of a series of organisms.
food web The diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem.
limiting factor An environmental factor that prevents an organism or population from reaching it's full potential of size or activity.
Mutualism A relationship between two species in which both species benefit.
Parasitism A relationship between two species in which one species, the parasite, benefits from the other species, the hoist, which is harmed
Predator An organism that kills and eats all or part of another organism.
prey an organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
Producer an organism that can make it's own food by using energy from it's surroundings. secondary consumer
Symbiosis a relationship in which two different organisms live in close association with each other.
water cycle The continuous movement of water between the atmosphere, the land, the oceans, and living things.
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