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Ecology 1
ecology 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ecology ? | study of relationships between living things and their environments |
| Environment? | everything that surrounds an organism and act upon it |
| Ecosystem? | group of communities (living things) interacting with each other and non-living parts |
| A rainforest, jungle, ocean, desert are example of __? | ecosystems |
| Community ? | different living things |
| Population? | group of the same kind of organisms; can reproduce with each other |
| Habitat? | place where organisms live |
| Niche? | organisms' role or job in its habitat |
| decomposers? | organisms that breaks down dead organisms and recycle nutrients back into the soil (mushroom, bacteria, insects) *helpful |
| predators? | organisms that kill and eats other organisms |
| prey? | organism that is killed and eaten by other organisms |
| scavenger? | animal that eats only dead organisms |
| producer? | (plants) make their own food through photosynthesis |
| carnivore | meat-eater |
| herbivore | eat plants only |
| omnivore | eat bOth plant and meat |
| main source of energy | the sun |
| parasite | an organism that lives on or inside a host organism; one benefits, one is harmed; causes a problem |
| mutatualism | relationship between different species or organisms where BOTH sides benefit |
| commensalism | one organism BENEFITS from the interaction, while the other species is neither helped nor harmed. |
| competition | interaction where organisms or species fight for the same limited resources (such as food, water, territory (space), or mates). |
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