Ecology Vocab
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abiotic factor | all of the nonliving parts of an ecosystem
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biotic factor | all of the living parts of an ecosystem
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climax community | the final and most stable stage of an ecosystem after a succession event has occurred
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community | a group of various species that live in the same place and interact with one another
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consumer | organism that eats other organisms to obtain its energy
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decomposer | organism that breaks down organic matter
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ecological succession | a change in the inhabitants of an ecosystem
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ecosystem | all the living and nonliving parts of the environment
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food chain | Pathway of energy transfer through levels of feeding patterns
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food web | Diagram showing ALL feeding patterns in an ecosystem
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habitat | the place where an organism lives
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pioneer species | The first organisms to colonize an ecosystem after a succession event has occurred
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population | All the members of the same species that live in the same place
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primary succession | Type of succession that occurs where no soil previously existed
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producer | An organism that produces (makes) its own food.
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secondary succession | Type of succession that occurs where an ecosystem did exist previously
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species | A group of organisms that can mate and produce fertile offspring
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trophic level | The steps in a food chain or food web, producers are always the first level
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