Ecology Review
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| habitat | the specific environment of a species
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| finite (limited) resources | food, space, light, oxygen
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| limiting factors | environmental factors such as the amount of dissolved oxygen in the water, light on the forest floor
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| carrying capacity | the number of organisms of one species that an ecosystem can support
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| niche | a species role in an ecosystem
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| producer | all food chains begin with producers; they are autotrophs; largest section of ecology pyramid
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| autotrophs | can make their own food
HINT: auto = self
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| consumers | they are heterotrophs
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| heterotrophs | cannot make their own food and instead must obtain food and energy from organic substances
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| herbivore | feeds on plants
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| carnivore | feeds on animals
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| omivore | feeds on both plants and animals
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| scavenger | eats dead organisms
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| parasites | feeds off living organisms
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| decomposers | recycle materials; all food chains end with decomposers; smallest section of ecology pyramid
ex. bacteria, fungus
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| energy | only 10% is passed on to the next higher level; 90% is lost to reactions and heat
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| biodiversity | the variety of species in an area; greater the biodiversity, the greater the stability; lost by rainforest clearing, agriculture, over hunting
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