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Unit 11 Ch 5&6
UNIT 11(SR)/ CHAPT. 5 & 6 (TURTLE) VOCAB #1: # 1-24- QUIZ DATE #1: 12/9/22
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ecology | the study of science that is about the relationship between organisms & their environment |
| Community | the group of all the populations in an area |
| Habitat | the place in which an organism lives |
| Niche | the job or role an organism has in its ecosystem |
| Population | a group of organisms of ONE species that live in an area at the same time |
| Biome | a large ecosystem with similar climate and organisms |
| Biotic | the word that means all the living things in an ecosystem- animals, plants |
| Abiotic | the word that means all the nonliving things in an ecosystem- water, land, soil, sun, air |
| Adaptations | any feature, characteristic, property that an organism (plant & animal) has to help it meet its needs & survive; very advantageous. |
| Camouflage | when a plant or animal blends in with its surroundings and is hard to see by its predators; the #1 adaptation |
| Mimicry | to look or act like another organism for survival so that other species are fooled |
| Nocturnal | animals who are awake during the night and sleep during the day; adaptation to stay cooler |
| Diverse/diversity | variety or differences in the same or different species |
| Inherit | offspring get genes from each parent that determine how they grow |
| Mutation | a change in an organisms genes that is passed on from the parent; there are good and bad ones. |
| Instincts | a type of behavioral adaptation- A characteristic that an animal is born with; doesn’t need to be learned. The animal just does this. Knowing it needs to hunt is instinct, but how to hunt is learned. |
| Learned Behavior | a behavior that an organism needs to learn- reading, sports, hunting, speaking, etc. |
| Behavioral Adaptation | characteristics/features that are inherited that help an organism survive that do NOT have to be LEARNED, and aren’t structural/physical |
| Migration | the mass movement of animals to a different place. |
| Hibernation | an instinctive behavior that some animals due during cold months to save energy and do not need as much food. |
| Symbiosis | any long-term relationship between different species- mutualism, commensalism, parasitism |
| Commensalism | the relationship in which one species is helped but the other is not hurt |
| Mutualism | the relationship in which both species benefit |
| Parasitism | the relationship in which one species benefits and the other is harmed or dies. |
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