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Bolvin L1Bio Ch2
Vocab review for introduction to ecolodgy
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Study of the interactions between living things and their environment | Ecology |
| non-living factor in an organism's environment | Abiotic |
| living factor in an organism's environment | Biotic |
| Group of organisms of the same species that live in the same place at the same time | Population |
| Group of interacting populations that live in the same place at the same time | Community |
| A community and the non-living factors surrounding it | Ecosystem |
| Where an organism lives | Habitat |
| An organism's role in an ecosystem | Niche |
| Organism that captures energy and changes it into chemical energy it can use | Autotroph |
| Organism that has to eat other organisms for energy | Heterotroph |
| organism that breaks down dead and decaying organisms, recycles nutrients | Decomposer |
| simple model showing the flow of energy through a few organisms | Food Chain |
| Complex model showing all the feeding relationships in an ecosystem | Food Web |
| Organism that eats only autotrophs, primary consumer | Herbivore |
| Organism that eats only heterotrophs | Carnivore |
| Organism that eats both autotrophs and heterotrophs | Omnivore |