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Ecology vocab

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Ecology The study of interactions that take place among organisms and their environment.
Organism One individual that belongs to a certain species.
Population All the organisms that belong to the same species living in a community.
Community All the populations of different species that live in an ecosystem.
Predator Consumers that capture and eat other consumers.
Prey The organism that is captured by the predator.
Biotic features of the environment that are alive or were once alive. The prefix bio means life.
Ecosystem All the living organisms that live in an area and the nonliving features of their Environment
Limiting Factors Anything that restricts the size of the population, including living and nonliving features of an ecosystem, such as predators or drought.
Abiotic the non-living physical features of the environment, including air, water,sunlight, soil (rocks), temperature, and climate. The prefix A means not (living).
Producer an organism that converts simple inorganic matter (such as water and carbon dioxide) into organic matter (such as sugar and protein).
Herbivore an animal that primary eats plants, berries, fruits, leaves and other plant based foods.
Omnivore an animal that eats a variety of plants, animals, fungi, and algae
Carnivore an animal that eats the flesh of other animals, or meat
Scavenger an animal that eats the remains of dead plants and animals or decaying biomass
Decomposer an organism that feeds off of dead things such as leaf litter and wood, animal carcasses, and fecal matter
Sun a star at the center of our solar system. It is a nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma that radiates visible light energy, infrared radiation with 10% ultralight radiation.
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