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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Interdependence | how all organisms in an ecosystem depend on one another |
| population | total number of one species in an area |
| comminty | all species living in an area |
| Ecosystem | all the living and nonliving things in one area |
| Biome | a collections of ecosystems |
| Biosphere | a collection of biomes |
| sustainability | the ability to support environment or species |
| Quantitative data: | data that relates to numbers |
| Greenhouse gas: | gas that can absorb harmful radiation in the earth's atmosphere |
| Biomass: | the amount of energy produced in an ecosystem |
| Mutualism: | both organisms benefit |
| Parasitism: | one benefits and one is harmed |
| Commensalism: | one benefits and one is affected |
| Coevolution: | two species adapt and evolve together to benefit each other |
| Cooperation: | two organisms work together for a mutual benefit |
| Competition: | organisms battle for resources |
| Density-dependent: | factor that affects the size of a population, also known as a regulating factor |
| Density independent: | factors that limit the number of individuals in an area regaurdless of the size of the population |
| Invasive | a species that inhabits a new ecosystem and causes great distress to native organisms |
| Mimicry: | one organisms attempt to copy or replicate actions, shapes, or colors of another |