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week 11 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| interdependence | how all organisms in an ecosystem depend on one another |
| population | total number of on species in an area |
| community | all species liviing in an area |
| ecosystem | all the living and nonliving things in on area |
| biome | a collection 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 beenefit |
| parasitism | one benefits and one is harmed |
| commensalism | one is benefit and one is not 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 (disease, competition, predation) |
| density independent | factors that limit the number of individuals in an area regardless of the size of the population (flooding, natural disasters, available oxygen) |
| invasive | a species that inhabits a new ecosystem and causes great distress to native organisms |
| mimicry | one organisms attempts to copy or replicate actions, shape, or colors of another |