Unit 8: Ecology -- Chapters 50-54 Vocabulary
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| Ecology | Study of how organisms interact with their environment.
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| Population | A localized group of individuals that belong to the same biological species (that are capable of inter breeding & producing fertile offspring).
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| Community | All the organisms that inhabit a particular area; an assemblage of populations of different species living close enough together for potential interaction.
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| Ecosystem | All the organisms in a given area as well as the abiotic factors with which they interact; a community and its physical environment.
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| Abiotic | nonliving
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| Biotic | Pertaining to the living organisms in the environment.
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| Biosphere | The entire portion of Earth inhabited by life; the sum of all the planets ecosystems.
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| Carrying Capacity | The maximum population size than can be supported by the available resources, symbolized as K.
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| Species Richness | The number of species in a biological community.
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| Relative Abundance | Differences in the abundances of different species with a community.
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| Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) | The total primary production of an ecosystem.
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| Net Primary Productivity (NPP) | The gross primary production of an ecosystem minus the energy used by the producers for respiration.
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| Dominant Species | Those species in a community that have the highest abundance or highest biomass. These species exert a powerful control over the occurrence & distribution of other species.
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| Keystone Species | A species that is not necessarily abundant in a community yet exerts strong control on community structure by the nature of its ecological role or niche.
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| Eutrophication | A process by which nutrients particularly phosphorus & nitrogen, become highly concentrated in a body of water, leading to increased growth of organisms such as algae.
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| Invasive Species | A species that takes hold outside of its native range; usually introduced by humans.
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| Photosyntesis | The conversion of light energy to chemical energy that is stored in glucose or other organic compounds; occurs in plants, algae, and certain prokaryotes.
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