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Ecology Quiz 2009
Vocabulary for the Ecology quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| autotrophs | organisms that make their own food; another name for producers |
| heterotrophs | organisms that cannot make their own food; another name for consumers |
| homeostasis | the process by which an organism’s internal environment is kept stable in spite of changes in the external environment |
| ecosystem | all of the living and nonliving things that interact in an area |
| habitat | the place where an organism lives and that provides the things the organism needs |
| biotic | living part of an ecosystem |
| abiotic | nonliving part of an ecosystem |
| community | all of the different populations that live together in an area |
| population | all of the members of one species in a particular area |
| ecology | the study of how living things interact with each other and their environment |
| limiting factor | an environmental factor that prevents a population from increasing |
| carrying capacity | the largest population that an area can support |