grade 9 ecology terms and definitions
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| Ecology | show 🗑
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| show | non living things, physical things such as, minerals, air or things measured such as temperature, hours of daylight, salt.
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| biotic | show 🗑
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| show | any network of interacting living vs non living factors.
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| show | a natural ecosystem is neither planned nor maintained by people.
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| artificial ecosystem | show 🗑
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| species | show 🗑
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| population | show 🗑
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| community | show 🗑
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| show | all the interactions of a given species with its ecosystem.
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| show | large geographical region that contains similar ecosystems.
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| show | land-based
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| show | water based
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| biosphere | show 🗑
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| show | an animal that eats ONLY plants
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| carnivores | show 🗑
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| show | an animal that eats both plants and meat
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| predators | show 🗑
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| show | an animal that mostly eats decaying biomass
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| parasites | show 🗑
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| detritivores | show 🗑
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| decomposers | show 🗑
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| show | organisms that can make their own food from basic nutrients and sunlight ext. green plants, algae
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| show | organisms that must feed on other organisms to obtain energy
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| show | show A step-by-step sequence of who eats whom in an ecosystem & the one-way flow of energy from the producer to the top level consumer.
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| show | The process plants use to produce carbohydrates from carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight. (CO2+H20→ sugar + O2)
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| biodiversity | show 🗑
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| bioaccumulation | show 🗑
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| show | species that no longer exist in a particular region but still occurs elsewhere
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| show | born in water, breathing with gills but can live on land or in water
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| show | maximum number of individuals that an ecosystem can support without reducing its ability to support future generations of the same species
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| show | type of symbiosis in which one species benefits from a relationship without helping or harming the other species.
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| show | A type of symbiosis in which both species benefit from the symbiotic partnership.
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| show | Close interaction between two different species in which members of one species lives in on or near members of another species
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| Environment | show 🗑
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| Habitat | show 🗑
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