MCAS Vocabulary Ecology
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| ecology | show 🗑
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| show | all the organisms in a particular location, including their non-living environment
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| species | show 🗑
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| show | members of a species in a defined area
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| biosphere | show 🗑
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| community | show 🗑
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| show | organism that makes its own food using sunlight or chemicals; producer
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| producer | show 🗑
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| show | using sunlight and carbon dioxide to make food (carbohydrates)
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| chemosynthesis | show 🗑
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| heterotroph | show 🗑
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| consumer | show 🗑
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| herbivore | show 🗑
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| carnivore | show 🗑
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| omnivore | show 🗑
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| decomposer | show 🗑
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| detritivore | show 🗑
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| show | series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten
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| food web | show 🗑
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| show | step in a food chain, food web, or ecological pyramid
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| show | diagram that shows the energy available to each trophic level in an ecosystem; 10% is passed on to upper levels, the rest is lost as heat
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| show | process in which nutrients are recycled through the biosphere, ex. carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorous
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| show | process by which liquid water turns into a gas (water vapor) when heated
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| transpiration | show 🗑
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| nutrient | show 🗑
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| nitrogen fixation | show 🗑
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| show | conversion of nitrates in the soil by bacteria into nitrogen gas
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| greenhouse effect | show 🗑
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| biotic factor | show 🗑
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| show | non-living factor that affects an ecosystem
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| habitat where an organism lives | show 🗑
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| resource | show 🗑
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| predation | show 🗑
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| show | relationship in which two species live closely together
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| mutualism | show 🗑
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| commensalism | show 🗑
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| show | symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other organism is harmed
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| population density | show 🗑
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| show | individuals joining a population
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| emigration | show 🗑
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| show | largest number of individuals of a population that the environment can support
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| invasive (non-native) species | show 🗑
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| show | the variety of all living things in the biosphere
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| cellular respiration | show 🗑
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