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nadia's ecology flip cards

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carrying capacity   largest # of indiv. that an ecosystem can support over time  
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commensalism   relationship one benifits other doesnt  
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community   all of the population of all special living in an ecosystem  
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consumer   eats other thinkg, can't make own food  
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ecology   study of interactions that occur among organisms and their envoronments  
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ecosystem   consists of all organisms living in an area  
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habitat   place where organism lives  
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limiting factor   anything that restricts # of indiv. living in a population.  
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mutualism   relationship in which both specia benefit  
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niche   organsim's role in the environment  
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parasitism   relationship both species benefit  
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population   made up of all organisms living in one area at the same time  
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producer   makes own food  
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symbiosis   close relationship btwn species  
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predator   eats prey  
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prey   gets eaten by predator  
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competition   like... uhm, when two or more organisms seek the same resource at the same time and it limits population size  
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chemosynthesis   production of energy rich molecules from chemicals  
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food web   shows food relationships among organisms in community  
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food pyramid   shows amount of energy available at each feeding leven in an ecosystem  
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food chain   showing how matter and energy pass from one thing to another  
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