Ecology part 1F14
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| abiotic | non living things.
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| biotic | living things.
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| Ecology – | the study of the distribution, abundance and interactions of living organisms in a given area
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| Ecosystem | An area where all living organisms (biotic factors) and nnonliving (abiotic factors) functioning together as a unit.
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| autotroph | organism that obtains energy from sunlight or chemicals by producing its own food sources
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| carbon cycle | processes, including photosynthesis, decomposition, and respiration, by which carbon as a component of various compounds cycles
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| carnivore | An animal that only eats meat.
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| carrying capacity | In ecology, the number of individuals of a particular species that a region can sustain indefinitely
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| commensalism | Symbiotic relationship between two organisms. when one organism benefits and one is unaffected.
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| competition. | Two or more organisms competing for a resource
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| consumers | Those organisms that cannot produce there own food
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| decomposers | An organism that gets energy from breaking down dead organisms or wastes
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| development | progression from a simpler or lower to a more advanced, mature, or complex form or stage
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| energy pyramid | A model to show the flow of energy through the food chain. Less energy is available at each level as you move toward the top.
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| energy transfer | flows from sun to autotrophs, and later transferred to organisms, which feed on autotrophs and become prey for tertiary consumers.
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| excretion | The process of removing wastes from an organism
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| food chain | Feeding relationship that’s transfers energy through a community. Producers to herbivores to carnivores.
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| food web | Food chains that overlap. More stable than a food chain
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