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Ecology Pt. #1
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Ecology | The study of the interactions between living organisms and the nonliving components in an ecosystem. |
Food Chain | series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food. |
Food Web | a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains. |
Ecosystems | The living and nonliving components in an area. |
Community | The different populations of species living together in a specific area. |
Population | The number of specific species/type of organisms living in an area. |
Organism | An individual form of life (plant, animal, fungus, bacteria) |
Biodiversity | The variety of life (number of different species) living in a specific area. |
Species | A class of organisms that have similar characteristics. |
Producer | An organism the creates it’s own food using the sun light by way of photosynthesis or chemical energy |
Primary Consumer | is the living organism that eats the producers, which are usually plants and algae and other autotrophs. |
Secondary Consumer | An organism that consumes or feeds largely on primary consumers, as well as producers. |
Biotic Factors | All living or once living organisms in an ecosystem |
Abiotic Factors | All Non-Living things in an ecosystem |
Limiting Factors | An abiotic or biotic factor that limits the number of individuals that can live in an ecosystem. |
Carrying Capacity | The largest number of individuals of the same species that an area can support. |