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Ecology
GED-Ecology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abundance | how much there is or how many there are of something |
| Climate | long–term weather patterns and average temperatures |
| Community | all of the interacting organisms in an area |
| Competition | type of interaction in which one organism gains a resource at the expense of another |
| Cooperation | type of interaction in which organisms both benefit |
| Distribution | area or areas where an organism is found |
| Diversity | variety of species found in a place |
| Ecosystem | set of living and nonliving things that function together |
| Environment | everything surrounding us |
| Habitat | place an organism lives |
| Interact | affect, connect with, or do things with other organisms |
| Pollution | spoiling resources, such as water, land, and air, by making them dirty or poisonous |
| Predator | organism that hunts other living things for food |
| Prey | organism hunted by another organism for food, and the act of hunting by a predator |
| Resources | something an organism needs or can use |
| Population | group of organisms of the same species in a big or small area |