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ecology brandon

terms for ecology

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ecology the study of interactions among living and non-livng things in their environment
biotic living
abiotic non-living
habitat the place where an organism lives
population a group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area
community a group of different populations that live in the same area
ecosystem the interactions among the populations of a community and the non-living things in thier environment
biomes an ecosystem found over a large geographic area
biosphere the part of earth where living things can exixst
succession the process by which a community changes over time
foodweb all the food chains in a community that are linked to one another
producer an organism that makes its own food
omnivore a consumer that eats both plants and animals
pollution anything added to the environmentthat is harmful to living things
consumer an organism that feeds on other organisms
biome an ecosystem found over a large geographic area
interact to act upon or influence something
resource a thing that an organism uses to live
taxonomy discipline of classifying organisms and assigning each organism a universally accepted name
biomial nomenclature classification system in which each species is assigning a two-part scientific name
genus group of closely related species,and the first part of scientific name in biomial nonmenclature
taxon group,level or organization into which organisms are classified
family group of genera that share many charateristics
kingdom large taxonomic group,consisting of closely related phyla
phylogeny the study of evolutionary relationships among organisms
bacteria domain uncelliular prokaryotes that have cell walls containing peptidoglycan
eukarya domain of all organisms whose cells have nuclei,containing protists,plants
protista kingdom composed of ekuaryotes that are not classified as plants,animals,or fungi
fungi kingdom composed of hetertrophs;many obtain energy and nutrients from dead organic matter
plantae kingdom of multicellular photosyntheic autotrophs that have cell walls containing cellulase
animalia kingdom of multicellular eurkaryotic heterotrophs whose cells do not have cell walls
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