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Ecology Vocabulary

Ecology

Ecology The study of how organisms interact with their surrounding.
Enviroment Every living and nonliving thing that surrounds an organism
Biotic living things
Abiotic nonliving things
habitat The place where an animal or plant lives
population all the individuals of a single species that live in a specific area
biosphere biologically inhabited parts of the planet
infinite unlimited
finite limited
Competition The struggle for resources among organisms.
limiting factors factors in the environment that limit the size of the population.
predators they hunt and eat other organisms
prey hunted for food
carrying capacity the number of organisms of any single species that an ecosystem can support
ecological niche the role that each species plays in a ecosystem
food chain what eats what in the chain
autotrophs self feeders or producers: They provide a source of food energy for almost all other living things
Heterotrophs consumers: acquire food by consuming other organisms
herbivores heterotrophs that survive from plant tissue
Carnivores heterotrophs that survive from eating other animals
decomposers organisms that consume the waste and dead bodies of organisms; they recycle material that can be reused by producers
scavengers they eat dead organisms "natures cleanup crew" ex. voltures
parasites organisms that attack other live organisms
food web show food relationships
Created by: shann1
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