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Ecology vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is biotic? | living things that influence ecosystems Examples: bacteria, protists, fungi, plants & animals |
| What is abiotic? | non-living things that influence ecosystems Examples: Water, soil, temperature |
| What percent of energy is transferred? | 10% |
| What happens to the majority energy being transferred? | 90% is used by organisms or released as heat. |
| How does energy move? | Energy flows. |
| How does matter move? | Matter cycles. |
| What is a limiting factor? | factors that determine the carrying capacity of an environment |
| What is density dependent? | current population size DOES matter |
| What is density independent? | current population size doesn’t matter |
| What is Predation? | predator/prey (hunt & kill) |
| What is Competition? | (fight for resources) |
| What is Symbiosis? | (species interacting together) |
| What is Mutualism? | - both organisms benefit |
| What is Parasitism? | - one benefits one harmed |
| What is Commensalism? | - one organism benefits and other not affected |