2c Second year science ecology vocab2020
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| ecology | The study of the relationship between living things and their environment
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| environment | Everything that surrounds a plant or anima
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| Habitat/ecosystem | the place where a living organism lives
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| Community | is a group of plants and animals in a habitat
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| population | is a group of the same species in a habitatF
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| niche | the role an organism has in a habitat
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| producers | organisms that make their own food by photosynthesis
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| consumers | organisms that feed on other organisms. They can't make their own food.
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| Decomposers | Organisms that feed on dead plants or animals
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| food chain | a diagram that shows the energy transfer between a series of organisms in a habitat
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| food web | is two or more food chains connected
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| adaptations | are changes which occur in organisms to help them better suit and live in their habitat
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| Interdependence | when organisms depend on each other for specific things, i.e bees depend on flowers for nectar and flowers depend on bees for pollination
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| Energy flow | the pathway of energy transferred from one organism to the next in an ecosystem due to feeding , e.g. along a food chain
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| Competition | an occurrence where organisms seek a resource in a habitat that is limited
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| Thermometer | used to measure temperature of soil and water
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| Rainfall gauge | used to measure rainfall
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| compass | used to measure aspect of habitat
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| Pooter | a jar with two rubber pipes used to suck up and collect insects
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| beating tray | used to collect small animals from trees by shaking the tree
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| sweep net | a large net swept through long grass to collect small animals
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| pitfall trap | a trap where insects fall in to be collected
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| Quadrat | a square apparatus used to estimate the number of plants in a habitat
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