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Alona vocab 16
vocabulary words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the study of the interactions of living organisms with one another and with their environment | ecology |
| the place where an organism usually lives | habitat |
| a group of species that live in the same habitat and interact with each othere | community |
| a community of organisms and their abiotic environment | ecosytem |
| an environmental factor that is not associated with the activities of living organisms | abiotic factors |
| an environmental factor that is associated with or results from the activities of living organisms | biotic factors |
| the number and variety of organisms in a given are during a specific period of time | biodiversity |
| a species that colonize an uninhabitated area and that starts an ecological cycle in which many other species becomes established | pioneer species |
| the replacement of one type of community by another at a single locatiion over a period of time | succession |
| succession that begins in an area that previously did not support life | primary succession |
| the process by which one community replaces another community that has ben partially or totally destroyed | secondary succession |
| the total amount of organic material that the autotropic organism of an ecosystem produce | primary productivity |
| an organism that can make organic molecules from inorganic molecules | producer |
| organism that eats other organisms or organic matters | consumer |
| one of the steps in a food chain or food pyramid | trophic level |
| the pathway or energy transfer through various stages as a result of feeding patternsof a series of organisms | food chain |
| an organism that eats only plants | herivone |
| animals that eat other animals | canivore |
| organisms that eat plants and animals | omnivores |
| organisms that obtain their engery from the organic wastes and dead bodies that produce at all trophic levels | detritivones |
| cause decay | decomposers |
| complicated interconnected groups of food chains | food web |
| diagram in which each trophic level is represented by a block | energy pyramid |
| dry weight of tissue and other organic matter found in a specific ecosystem | biomass |
| path foirms closed circles or cycles | biogeochemical cycle |
| water obtained beneath the surface of the earth | ground water |
| the process by which plants release water vapor into the air through stomata | transpiration |
| process of combining nitrogen with hydrogen to form ammonia | nitrogen fixation |
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