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LE topic 6 Ecology

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abiotic   any nonliving component of an environment: NEVER ALIVE  
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autotroph   an organism that makes its own food  
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biodiversity   the number of different species in a given area  
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biosphere   The entire portion of Earth inhabited by life; the sum of all the planet's ecosystems.  
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biotic   the living organisms in an ecosystem  
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carnivore   a consumer that eats only animals  
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carrying capacity   The largest population that an area can support  
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community   combination of all of the different populations that live and interact in the same environment  
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competition   the struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources  
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consumer   organism that obtains food by eating other organisms  
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decomposer   organisms, such as fungi and bacteria, that break down and absorb nutrients from dead organisms  
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ecological niche   A specific role of a species within an ecosystem, including its use of resources, and relationships with other species  
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ecological succession   series of changes by which one habitat is replaced by another  
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ecology   study of how organisms interact with the living and noliving things that surround them  
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ecosytem   all the living and non  
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energy pyramid   diagram that shows the how food energy moves through the ecosystem  
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environment   All living and nonliving components of an organism's surroundings.  
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finite   limited, able to be used up  
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food chain   identifies specific feeding relationships among organisms  
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food web   representation of many interconnected food chains that shows the feeding relationships among producers, consumers and decomposers  
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habitat   where an animal or plant lives  
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herbivore   organism that eats only plants  
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heterotroph   organism that can't make its own food, a consumer  
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host   organism in a parasitic relationship that provides the home and/or food for a parasite  
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limiting factors   environmental factors that restrict population growth  
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parasite   an organism that lives and feeds on other organisms.  
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population   all the individuals of the same species that live ina specific area  
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predator   an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food  
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prey   an animal that is hunted and killed by predators  
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producer   an organism that makes its own food  
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scavenger   A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms  
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