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Ecology vocab
Question | Answer |
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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 |