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SLS Bio11 Ecology MW

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carrying capacity   the number of living organisms that a region can support without environmental degradation  
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cellular respiration   what cells do to break up sugars into a form that the cell can use as energy  
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chemical equation   a balanced chemical equation shows how many of what molecules react, how many of what molecules result  
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climax community   ecological community that has reached the final stage of ecological succession  
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commensalism   relationship between two organisms in where one benefits and the other is neither benefited nor harmed  
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consumer   an organism that generally obtains food by feeding on other organisms or organic matter  
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cyclic population growth   occurs when there is a low amount of population, food is very high, & the population explodes  
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decomposer   an organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that breaks down organic material  
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density-dependent factors   where effects on size and growth of population vary with the population density  
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density-independent factors   where effects on size and growth of population are not influenced by population density  
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ecological succession   gradual process where ecosystems change and develop over time; nothing remains the same and habitats are constantly changing  
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energy flow   movement of energy around an ecosystem by biotic & abiotic means  
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exponential growth   where the population keeps growing and growing (no limiting factors)  
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logistic growth   where the population is limited by limiting factors such as food shortage and shortage of shelter and space  
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mutualism   symbiotic relationship that is beneficial to both organisms involved  
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parasitism   non-mutual symbiotic relationship between species, where one species, the parasite, benefits at the expense of the other, the host  
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photosynthesis   process where green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water  
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pioneer species   durable species who are the first to colonize previously disrupted or damaged ecosystems, beginning a chain of ecological succession  
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population   all the organisms of the same group or species, which live in the same geographical area (ability to interbreed)  
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producer   organisms that make their own energy through biochemical processes  
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products   something manufactured by an organelle  
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pyramid of energy   graphical model of energy flow in a community  
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reactants   substance taking part in a chemical reaction  
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steady state   state where matter is flowing and all components remain at a constant concentration  
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symbiosis   relationship between two different species of organisms that are interdependent; each benefits from the other  
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