Irish Leaving Cert Ecology Definitions
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| show | The study of the interaction between living things and their environment
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| show | The part of the planet containing living organisms
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| show | A group of clearly distinguished organisms that interact with their environment
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| Habitat | show 🗑
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| Population | show 🗑
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| Community | show 🗑
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| show | Non-living factors ex currents, altitude
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| show | Living factors ex. Food, predators
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| Climatic factors | show 🗑
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| show | Factors relating to the soil ex soil pH, soil type
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| show | Light; currents; wave action; salt content; oxygen concentration
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| Energy Flow | show 🗑
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| show | Organisms that can make their own food through photosynthesis (or chemosynthesis)
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| show | Organisms that take in food from another organism
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| show | Animals that feed on plants only ex deer, sheep, rabbits
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| Carnivore | show 🗑
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| show | Animals that feed on both plants and other animals ex, humans, badgers
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| show | A sequence of organisms in which each one is eaten by the next member in the chain ex: dandelion, butterfly, thrush, hawk
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| Trophic level | show 🗑
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| show | A series of interlinked food chains.
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| show | Representation of the number of organisms at each trophic level.
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| Niche | show 🗑
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| Nutrient Recycling | show 🗑
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| Carbon Cycle | show 🗑
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| show | To take nitrogen from the air and make it available for use by living things.
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| show | The conversion of nitrogen gas into ammonia, ammonium and nitrates
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| Nitrification | show 🗑
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| show | The conversion of nitrates into nitrogen gas
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| Pollution | show 🗑
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| show | Chemicals that contaminate the natural environment
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| show | The protection and wise management of our natural resources and environment.
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| Eutrophication | show 🗑
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