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Ecology Part 1
Term | Definition |
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Ecosystem | All of the living and nonliving things in an area. |
Community | All the living things in an area. |
Population | A group of the same species in the same place. |
Organism | A single living thing. Example- Fox |
Mutualism | A close relationship where both species benefit. |
Commensalism | A close relationship where one organism benefits and the other is not affected. |
Parasitism | A close relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed. |
Predation | One organism is fed the other is dead. |
Competitive Exclusion Principle | states no two species can occupy the same niche at the same time. |
Niche | The job an organism has within an ecosystem, along with what it eats and what eats it |
Abiotic | Nonliving factors |
Biotic | Living factors. |
Food Chain | Shows the flow of energy in an ecosystem. |
Food Web | A series of connected food chains. |
Symbiosis | A close relationship between two organisms. |