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ESL biology ecology

CHS ESL bio ecology vocab

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Ecology study of interactions that take place between organisms and their environment
Biosphere the portion of the Earth that supports living things
Biosphere ocean, forest, atmosphere
Abiotic nonliving parts of the environment
Abiotic rocks, air, water, wind, soil
Biotic living parts of the environment
Biotic plant, human, fish, mushroom
Individual made of cells, uses energy, reproduces, responds, grows, and develops
Individual one zebra
Population group of organisms all of the same species, which interbreed and live in the same area at the same time
Community interacting populations in a certain area at a certain time
Ecosystem interacting communities and abiotic factors
Habitat place where organism lives
Niche role or position a species has in its environment
Symbiosis interactions between two species
Mutualism both benefits
Commensalism one benefits, the other unaffected
Parasitism one benefits, one is harmed
Food Chain shows how matter and energy move through an ecosystem (one route)
Food Web shows interactions between organisms (all possible routes)
Energy Pyramid Shows how much energy is available at each trophic (energy) level
Autotroph (producer) photosynthetic or chemosynthetic, makes own food
Heterotroph “eat” other organisms, cannot make own food (consumer)
Decomposer breaks down dead or decaying organisms, recycles matter
Scavengers feed off of dead or decaying living things but do not recycle matter back into the ecosystem
Herbivores consume only vegetative matter
Herbivores primary consumers
Carnivores obtain energy from eating other consumers
Secondary consumers carnivores
Tertiary Consumers carnivores
Omnivore consumes meat and plants
community 2 or more species, for example zebras and lions and giraffes
population 2 or more individuals, same species, for example 2 zebras
mutualism the relationship between the bees and the flowers
parasitsm the relationship of a flea on a dog
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