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Ecology
Ecology Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Competition | the struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource |
| Population | all members of one species in a particular area |
| Community | all the different populations of organisms that live together in an area. |
| Abiotic | non-living parts of an ecosystem such as rocks, water, sun, oxygen and temperature |
| Biotic | living parts of an ecosystem |
| Ecosystems | the community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with their nonliving surroundings |
| Adaptations | a behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment |
| Limiting Factors | environmental conditions that cause populations to decrease |
| Food Chain | a series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy |
| Producer | an organism that can make its own food |
| Consumer | an organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms |
| Decomposer | an organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms |
| Ecology | the study of the interactions between organisms and their environment |
| Omnivore | an organism that eats both plants and animals |
| Mutualism | a relationship between two organisms where both organisms benefit |
| Commensalism | a relationship between two organisms in which one is living with or on the other without causing it harm |
| Parasitism | a relationship between two organisms in which one causes harm to the other |
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