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Ecology Unit

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Definition
organism   a living thing  
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habitat   a place where an organism lives that provides the things it needs to live grow and reproduce  
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biotic factor   the living parts of an ecosystem  
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abiotic factor   the non living parts of an ecosystem  
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photosynthesis   the process used by plants and algae to make their own food  
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species   a group of organisms that are physically similar that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce  
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population   all the members of one species in a particular area  
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community   all the different populations that live together in an area  
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ecosystem   all the living and non living things that interact in an area  
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ecology   the study of how living things interact with each other and their environment  
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estimate   an approximation of a number based on reasonable assumptions  
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birth rate   the number of births in a population in a certain amount of time  
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death rate   the number of deaths in a population in a certain amount of time  
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immigration   moving into (joining) a population  
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emigration   moving out of (leaving) a population  
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population density   the number of individuals in a certain area (describes how crowded an area is)  
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limiting factor   an environmental factor that prevents a population from increasing  
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carrying capacity   the largest population that an environment can support  
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natural selection   The series of changes in a population that make organisms better suited to their environment which increases their chances for survival  
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adaptations   behaviors and physical characteristics of a species that allow them to live successfully in their environment (a result of natural selection)  
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niche   an organism's particular role i its habitat  
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competition   the struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resources  
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predation   an interaction in which one organism kills and eats another organism  
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predator   in predation, the organism that does the killing  
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prey   in predation, the organism that is killed and eaten  
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symbiosis   a close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species  
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mutualism   a relationship in which both species benefit  
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commensalism   a relationship in which one species benefits, but the other species is neither helped nor harmed  
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parasitism   a relationship in which one species lives on or in another and harm it  
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parasite   in parasitism, the organism that benefits from the interaction  
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host   in parasitism, the organism the parasite lives on or in (the organism that is harmed in the interaction)  
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