ecology stack. for ms. runyon. by surina
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| biosphere | part of earth that supports life, including the top portion of earths crust, the atmoshpere, and all water on earths surface.
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| carrying capacity | the largest number of individuals of a particular species that an ecosytem can support over time.
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| commensalism | a symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is not affected.
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| community | all the populations of different species that live in an ecosystem.
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| consumer | organism that cannot create energy-rich molecules but obtains its food by eating other organisms.
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| ecology | the study of the interactions that take place among organisms and their environment.
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| ecosystem | all the living organisms that live in an area and the nonliving features of their environment
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| habitat | where an organism lives that provides types of food, shelter, moisture, and temperature needed for survival.
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| limiting factor | anything that can restrict the size of a population, including living and non-living features of an ecosystem, such as predators or drought.
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| mutualism | a symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit.
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| niche | in an ecosystem, refers to the unique ways an organisms survives, obtains food and shelter, and avoids danger.
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| parasitism | a symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits while the other is harmed.
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| population | the organisms that belong to the same species living in a community.
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| producer | organism, such as a green plant, that gets its energy from an outside source such as the sun.
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| symbiosis | any close relationship between two organisms
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| predator | the organism that feeds on another organism for food.
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| prey | an organism that is harmed in order to feed another organism.
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| competition | a quarrel between two organisms usually because of food.
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| chemosynthesis | process in which producers make energy rich nutrient molecules from chemicals
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| food web | model that shows the complex feeding relationships among organisms in a community.
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| energy pyramid | model that shows the amount of energy available at each feeding level in an ecosystem.
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| food chain | the order in which an organism eats another.
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