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Ecology Vocab Unit

ecology The study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment.
biotic factor A living parts of an ecosystem.
abiotic factor A nonliving part of an ecosystem.
population A group of organisms of the same species that live in the same area.
community All the populations that live and interact with each other in a particular place.
ecosystem All the living and nonliving things that interact in a particular environment.
carrying capacity The largest number of individuals of a species that an area can support.
limiting factor Biotic and abiotic factors that limit the number of individuals that can live in an ecosystem.
organism An individual form of life
competition A type of interaction that occurs when organisms in an ecosystem need the same resource to survive.
predator An animal that hunts and eats another animal to survive.
mutualism A relationship that occurs where 2 organisms both benefit from the activity of the other.
parasite A living thing that lives off of a host organism, which can harm or kill the host.
herbivore An organism that eats only plants.
omnivore An organism that eats plants and animals.
carnivore An organism that eats meat.
producer An organism, such as a plant, that makes it's own food for an ecosystem.
consumer An organism that eats other living things.
food web A model showing MANY possible paths of energy in an ecosystem.
energy pyramid A model to show the way that energy decreases as it moves up the food chain.
food chain A model showing ONE path of energy from the sun to producer to primary consumer to secondary consumer to top predator.
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