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Ecology

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What is a habitat?   An environment that provides food, water, shelter, and other things an organism needs to live, grow and reproduce.  
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What is an organism?   A living thing.  
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What is a biotic factor?   The living parts of a habitat.  
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What is an abiotic factor?   The non-living parts of a habitat (water, sunlight, oxygen, temperature, soil)  
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What is a species?   A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate and reproduce with each other  
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What is a population?   A group of organisms in a particular area  
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What is a community?   All the different populations that live together in an area.  
🗑
What is an ecosystem?   The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with the abiotic factors  
🗑
What is ecology?   The study of how living things interact with each other and the environment  
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What is immigration?   Moving into a population.  
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What is emigration?   Moving out of a population.  
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What is population density?   The number of individuals in an area of a specific size.  
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What is a limiting factor?   An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease.  
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What is a carrying capacity?   The largest population that an area can support.  
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What is natural selection?   A process by which characteristics that make an individual better suited to its environment become more common in a species  
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What is adaptation?   A behavior/physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment. **The way animals "change" to survive in their habitat.  
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What is a niche?   The role of an organism in its habitat.  
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What is competition?   The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource  
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What is predation?   An interaction in which one organism kills another for food. **Predator hunts for their food  
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What is symbiosis?   A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one  
🗑
What is mutualism?   A symbiotic relationship in which both benefit **mutual means "share... you both get something"  
🗑
What is commensalism?   A symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed  
🗑
What is parasitism?   A relationship that involves one organism (the species) living on or inside another organism (host) and harming it. Example: tick on dog  
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What is succession?   The series of predictable change that occurs in a community OVER TIME  
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What is PRIMARY succession?   The series of changes that occur in an area where NO soil or organisms exist.  
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What is a pioneer species?   The first species to populate an area. **Pioneer means "first" like the Pioneers who were the first people to live in North America.  
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What is SECONDARY succession?   The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed, but where soil and organisms still exist.  
🗑
What is a habitat?   An environment that provides food, water, shelter, and other things an organism needs to live, grow and reproduce.  
🗑
What is an organism?   A living thing.  
🗑
What is a biotic factor?   The living parts of a habitat.  
🗑
What is an abiotic factor?   The non-living parts of a habitat (water, sunlight, oxygen, temperature, soil)  
🗑
What is a species?   A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate and reproduce with each other  
🗑
What is a population?   A group of organisms in a particular area  
🗑
What is a community?   All the different populations that live together in an area.  
🗑
What is an ecosystem?   The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with the abiotic factors  
🗑
What is ecology?   The study of how living things interact with each other and the environment  
🗑
What is immigration?   Moving into a population.  
🗑
What is emigration?   Moving out of a population.  
🗑
What is population density?   The number of individuals in an area of a specific size.  
🗑
What is a limiting factor?   An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease.  
🗑
What is a carrying capacity?   The largest population that an area can support.  
🗑
What is natural selection?   A process by which characteristics that make an individual better suited to its environment become more common in a species  
🗑
What is adaptation?   A behavior/physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment. **The way animals "change" to survive in their habitat.  
🗑
What is a niche?   The role of an organism in its habitat.  
🗑
What is competition?   The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource  
🗑
What is predation?   An interaction in which one organism kills another for food. **Predator hunts for their food  
🗑
What is symbiosis?   A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one  
🗑
What is mutualism?   A symbiotic relationship in which both benefit **mutual means "share... you both get something"  
🗑
What is commensalism?   A symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed  
🗑
What is parasitism?   A relationship that involves one organism (the species) living on or inside another organism (host) and harming it. Example: tick on dog  
🗑
What is succession?   The series of predictable change that occurs in a community OVER TIME  
🗑
What is PRIMARY succession?   The series of changes that occur in an area where NO soil or organisms exist.  
🗑
What is a pioneer species?   The first species to populate an area. **Pioneer means "first" like the Pioneers who were the first people to live in North America.  
🗑
What is SECONDARY succession?   The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed, but where soil and organisms still exist.  
🗑
What is a habitat?   An environment that provides food, water, shelter, and other things an organism needs to live, grow and reproduce.  
🗑
What is an organism?   A living thing.  
🗑
What is a biotic factor?   The living parts of a habitat.  
🗑
What is an abiotic factor?   The non-living parts of a habitat (water, sunlight, oxygen, temperature, soil)  
🗑
What is a species?   A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate and reproduce with each other  
🗑
What is a population?   A group of organisms in a particular area  
🗑
What is a community?   All the different populations that live together in an area.  
🗑
What is an ecosystem?   The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with the abiotic factors  
🗑
What is ecology?   The study of how living things interact with each other and the environment  
🗑
What is immigration?   Moving into a population.  
🗑
What is emigration?   Moving out of a population.  
🗑
What is population density?   The number of individuals in an area of a specific size.  
🗑
What is a limiting factor?   An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease.  
🗑
What is a carrying capacity?   The largest population that an area can support.  
🗑
What is natural selection?   A process by which characteristics that make an individual better suited to its environment become more common in a species  
🗑
What is adaptation?   A behavior/physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment. **The way animals "change" to survive in their habitat.  
🗑
What is a niche?   The role of an organism in its habitat.  
🗑
What is competition?   The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource  
🗑
What is predation?   An interaction in which one organism kills another for food. **Predator hunts for their food  
🗑
What is symbiosis?   A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one  
🗑
What is mutualism?   A symbiotic relationship in which both benefit **mutual means "share... you both get something"  
🗑
What is commensalism?   A symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed  
🗑
What is parasitism?   A relationship that involves one organism (the species) living on or inside another organism (host) and harming it. Example: tick on dog  
🗑
What is succession?   The series of predictable change that occurs in a community OVER TIME  
🗑
What is PRIMARY succession?   The series of changes that occur in an area where NO soil or organisms exist.  
🗑
What is a pioneer species?   The first species to populate an area. **Pioneer means "first" like the Pioneers who were the first people to live in North America.  
🗑
What is SECONDARY succession?   The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed, but where soil and organisms still exist.  
🗑
What is a habitat?   An environment that provides food, water, shelter, and other things an organism needs to live, grow and reproduce.  
🗑
What is an organism?   A living thing.  
🗑
What is a biotic factor?   The living parts of a habitat.  
🗑
What is an abiotic factor?   The non-living parts of a habitat (water, sunlight, oxygen, temperature, soil)  
🗑
What is a species?   A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate and reproduce with each other  
🗑
What is a population?   A group of organisms in a particular area  
🗑
What is a community?   All the different populations that live together in an area.  
🗑
What is an ecosystem?   The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with the abiotic factors  
🗑
What is ecology?   The study of how living things interact with each other and the environment  
🗑
What is immigration?   Moving into a population.  
🗑
What is emigration?   Moving out of a population.  
🗑
What is population density?   The number of individuals in an area of a specific size.  
🗑
What is a limiting factor?   An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease.  
🗑
What is a carrying capacity?   The largest population that an area can support.  
🗑
What is natural selection?   A process by which characteristics that make an individual better suited to its environment become more common in a species  
🗑
What is adaptation?   A behavior/physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment. **The way animals "change" to survive in their habitat.  
🗑
What is a niche?   The role of an organism in its habitat.  
🗑
What is competition?   The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource  
🗑
What is predation?   An interaction in which one organism kills another for food. **Predator hunts for their food  
🗑
What is symbiosis?   A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one  
🗑
What is mutualism?   A symbiotic relationship in which both benefit **mutual means "share... you both get something"  
🗑
What is commensalism?   A symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed  
🗑
What is parasitism?   A relationship that involves one organism (the species) living on or inside another organism (host) and harming it. Example: tick on dog  
🗑
What is succession?   The series of predictable change that occurs in a community OVER TIME  
🗑
What is PRIMARY succession?   The series of changes that occur in an area where NO soil or organisms exist.  
🗑
What is a pioneer species?   The first species to populate an area. **Pioneer means "first" like the Pioneers who were the first people to live in North America.  
🗑
What is SECONDARY succession?   The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed, but where soil and organisms still exist.  
🗑
What is a habitat?   An environment that provides food, water, shelter, and other things an organism needs to live, grow and reproduce.  
🗑
What is an organism?   A living thing.  
🗑
What is a biotic factor?   The living parts of a habitat.  
🗑
What is an abiotic factor?   The non-living parts of a habitat (water, sunlight, oxygen, temperature, soil)  
🗑
What is a species?   A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate and reproduce with each other  
🗑
What is a population?   A group of organisms in a particular area  
🗑
What is a community?   All the different populations that live together in an area.  
🗑
What is an ecosystem?   The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with the abiotic factors  
🗑
What is ecology?   The study of how living things interact with each other and the environment  
🗑
What is immigration?   Moving into a population.  
🗑
What is emigration?   Moving out of a population.  
🗑
What is population density?   The number of individuals in an area of a specific size.  
🗑
What is a limiting factor?   An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease.  
🗑
What is a carrying capacity?   The largest population that an area can support.  
🗑
What is natural selection?   A process by which characteristics that make an individual better suited to its environment become more common in a species  
🗑
What is adaptation?   A behavior/physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment. **The way animals "change" to survive in their habitat.  
🗑
What is a niche?   The role of an organism in its habitat.  
🗑
What is competition?   The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource  
🗑
What is predation?   An interaction in which one organism kills another for food. **Predator hunts for their food  
🗑
What is symbiosis?   A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one  
🗑
What is mutualism?   A symbiotic relationship in which both benefit **mutual means "share... you both get something"  
🗑
What is commensalism?   A symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed  
🗑
What is parasitism?   A relationship that involves one organism (the species) living on or inside another organism (host) and harming it. Example: tick on dog  
🗑
What is succession?   The series of predictable change that occurs in a community OVER TIME  
🗑
What is PRIMARY succession?   The series of changes that occur in an area where NO soil or organisms exist.  
🗑
What is a pioneer species?   The first species to populate an area. **Pioneer means "first" like the Pioneers who were the first people to live in North America.  
🗑
What is SECONDARY succession?   The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed, but where soil and organisms still exist.  
🗑
What is a habitat?   An environment that provides food, water, shelter, and other things an organism needs to live, grow and reproduce.  
🗑
What is an organism?   A living thing.  
🗑
What is a biotic factor?   The living parts of a habitat.  
🗑
What is an abiotic factor?   The non-living parts of a habitat (water, sunlight, oxygen, temperature, soil)  
🗑
What is a species?   A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate and reproduce with each other  
🗑
What is a population?   A group of organisms in a particular area  
🗑
What is a community?   All the different populations that live together in an area.  
🗑
What is an ecosystem?   The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with the abiotic factors  
🗑
What is ecology?   The study of how living things interact with each other and the environment  
🗑
What is immigration?   Moving into a population.  
🗑
What is emigration?   Moving out of a population.  
🗑
What is population density?   The number of individuals in an area of a specific size.  
🗑
What is a limiting factor?   An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease.  
🗑
What is a carrying capacity?   The largest population that an area can support.  
🗑
What is natural selection?   A process by which characteristics that make an individual better suited to its environment become more common in a species  
🗑
What is adaptation?   A behavior/physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment. **The way animals "change" to survive in their habitat.  
🗑
What is a niche?   The role of an organism in its habitat.  
🗑
What is competition?   The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource  
🗑
What is predation?   An interaction in which one organism kills another for food. **Predator hunts for their food  
🗑
What is symbiosis?   A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one  
🗑
What is mutualism?   A symbiotic relationship in which both benefit **mutual means "share... you both get something"  
🗑
What is commensalism?   A symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed  
🗑
What is parasitism?   A relationship that involves one organism (the species) living on or inside another organism (host) and harming it. Example: tick on dog  
🗑
What is succession?   The series of predictable change that occurs in a community OVER TIME  
🗑
What is PRIMARY succession?   The series of changes that occur in an area where NO soil or organisms exist.  
🗑
What is a pioneer species?   The first species to populate an area. **Pioneer means "first" like the Pioneers who were the first people to live in North America.  
🗑
What is SECONDARY succession?   The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed, but where soil and organisms still exist.  
🗑
What is a habitat?   An environment that provides food, water, shelter, and other things an organism needs to live, grow and reproduce.  
🗑
What is an organism?   A living thing.  
🗑
What is a biotic factor?   The living parts of a habitat.  
🗑
What is an abiotic factor?   The non-living parts of a habitat (water, sunlight, oxygen, temperature, soil)  
🗑
What is a species?   A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate and reproduce with each other  
🗑
What is a population?   A group of organisms in a particular area  
🗑
What is a community?   All the different populations that live together in an area.  
🗑
What is an ecosystem?   The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with the abiotic factors  
🗑
What is ecology?   The study of how living things interact with each other and the environment  
🗑
What is immigration?   Moving into a population.  
🗑
What is emigration?   Moving out of a population.  
🗑
What is population density?   The number of individuals in an area of a specific size.  
🗑
What is a limiting factor?   An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease.  
🗑
What is a carrying capacity?   The largest population that an area can support.  
🗑
What is natural selection?   A process by which characteristics that make an individual better suited to its environment become more common in a species  
🗑
What is adaptation?   A behavior/physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment. **The way animals "change" to survive in their habitat.  
🗑
What is a niche?   The role of an organism in its habitat.  
🗑
What is competition?   The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource  
🗑
What is predation?   An interaction in which one organism kills another for food. **Predator hunts for their food  
🗑
What is symbiosis?   A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one  
🗑
What is mutualism?   A symbiotic relationship in which both benefit **mutual means "share... you both get something"  
🗑
What is commensalism?   A symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed  
🗑
What is parasitism?   A relationship that involves one organism (the species) living on or inside another organism (host) and harming it. Example: tick on dog  
🗑
What is succession?   The series of predictable change that occurs in a community OVER TIME  
🗑
What is PRIMARY succession?   The series of changes that occur in an area where NO soil or organisms exist.  
🗑
What is a pioneer species?   The first species to populate an area. **Pioneer means "first" like the Pioneers who were the first people to live in North America.  
🗑
What is SECONDARY succession?   The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed, but where soil and organisms still exist.  
🗑
What is a habitat?   An environment that provides food, water, shelter, and other things an organism needs to live, grow and reproduce.  
🗑
What is an organism?   A living thing.  
🗑
What is a biotic factor?   The living parts of a habitat.  
🗑
What is an abiotic factor?   The non-living parts of a habitat (water, sunlight, oxygen, temperature, soil)  
🗑
What is a species?   A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate and reproduce with each other  
🗑
What is a population?   A group of organisms in a particular area  
🗑
What is a community?   All the different populations that live together in an area.  
🗑
What is an ecosystem?   The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with the abiotic factors  
🗑
What is ecology?   The study of how living things interact with each other and the environment  
🗑
What is immigration?   Moving into a population.  
🗑
What is emigration?   Moving out of a population.  
🗑
What is population density?   The number of individuals in an area of a specific size.  
🗑
What is a limiting factor?   An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease.  
🗑
What is a carrying capacity?   The largest population that an area can support.  
🗑
What is natural selection?   A process by which characteristics that make an individual better suited to its environment become more common in a species  
🗑
What is adaptation?   A behavior/physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment. **The way animals "change" to survive in their habitat.  
🗑
What is a niche?   The role of an organism in its habitat.  
🗑
What is competition?   The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource  
🗑
What is predation?   An interaction in which one organism kills another for food. **Predator hunts for their food  
🗑
What is symbiosis?   A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one  
🗑
What is mutualism?   A symbiotic relationship in which both benefit **mutual means "share... you both get something"  
🗑
What is commensalism?   A symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed  
🗑
What is parasitism?   A relationship that involves one organism (the species) living on or inside another organism (host) and harming it. Example: tick on dog  
🗑
What is succession?   The series of predictable change that occurs in a community OVER TIME  
🗑
What is PRIMARY succession?   The series of changes that occur in an area where NO soil or organisms exist.  
🗑
What is a pioneer species?   The first species to populate an area. **Pioneer means "first" like the Pioneers who were the first people to live in North America.  
🗑
What is SECONDARY succession?   The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed, but where soil and organisms still exist.  
🗑
What is a habitat?   An environment that provides food, water, shelter, and other things an organism needs to live, grow and reproduce.  
🗑
What is an organism?   A living thing.  
🗑
What is a biotic factor?   The living parts of a habitat.  
🗑
What is an abiotic factor?   The non-living parts of a habitat (water, sunlight, oxygen, temperature, soil)  
🗑
What is a species?   A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate and reproduce with each other  
🗑
What is a population?   A group of organisms in a particular area  
🗑
What is a community?   All the different populations that live together in an area.  
🗑
What is an ecosystem?   The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with the abiotic factors  
🗑
What is ecology?   The study of how living things interact with each other and the environment  
🗑
What is immigration?   Moving into a population.  
🗑
What is emigration?   Moving out of a population.  
🗑
What is population density?   The number of individuals in an area of a specific size.  
🗑
What is a limiting factor?   An environmental factor that causes a population to decrease.  
🗑
What is a carrying capacity?   The largest population that an area can support.  
🗑
What is natural selection?   A process by which characteristics that make an individual better suited to its environment become more common in a species  
🗑
What is adaptation?   A behavior/physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment. **The way animals "change" to survive in their habitat.  
🗑
What is a niche?   The role of an organism in its habitat.  
🗑
What is competition?   The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resource  
🗑
What is predation?   An interaction in which one organism kills another for food. **Predator hunts for their food  
🗑
What is symbiosis?   A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one  
🗑
What is mutualism?   A symbiotic relationship in which both benefit **mutual means "share... you both get something"  
🗑
What is commensalism?   A symbiotic relationship in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed  
🗑
What is parasitism?   A relationship that involves one organism (the species) living on or inside another organism (host) and harming it. Example: tick on dog  
🗑
What is succession?   The series of predictable change that occurs in a community OVER TIME  
🗑
What is PRIMARY succession?   The series of changes that occur in an area where NO soil or organisms exist.  
🗑
What is a pioneer species?   The first species to populate an area. **Pioneer means "first" like the Pioneers who were the first people to live in North America.  
🗑
What is SECONDARY succession?   The series of changes that occur in an area where the ecosystem has been disturbed, but where soil and organisms still exist.  
🗑


   

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