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Ecology
Vocabualry
Term | Definition |
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Prey | an organism that is hunted |
ecosystem | a community of organisms and their nonliving environment |
biotic | the living aspect of an ecosystem |
abiotic | soil, water, air, light , and temperature that define an ecosystem |
Predator | an animal that hunts other animals for food |
individual | a single organism of a species |
population | numerous members of the same species that can reproduce |
community | several different populations interacting in some way |
herbivore | eats only plants |
carnivore | meat eater |
omnivore | eats both plants and animals |
biosphere | the part of life where life exists |
food chain | a linear diagram showing feeding reationships |
food web | diagram that shows all the feeding relationships, made of several food chains |
carrying capacity | the highest number of healthy organisms that an ecosystem can support |
limiting factor | resources that controls a population's outgrowth |