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Review of Ecosystems and succession

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Community   is when many different species live together in a habitat  
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Ecosystem   a community including the physical aspects of its habitat (soil, water, weather)  
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Biotic factors   are organisms in a habitat  
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Abiotic factors   are the physical aspects of a habitat  
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Producers   organisms that first capture energy by photosynthesis (autotrophs)  
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Consumers   all other organisms that consume plants or other organisms to obtain energy (heterotrophs)  
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Decomposers   they eat the remains of dead plants and animals and create biomass.  
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Trophic levels    
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Food chain   is the path of energy that travels through the trophic levels of an ecosystem  
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Food web   is an interconnected group of food chains  
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Competition   the struggle for resources (Animals: food, water, territory, mates) (Plants: light, minerals, water, space) in an ecosystem  
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Interspecific competition   competition that occurs between members of different species.  
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Intraspecific competition   competition that occurs between members of the same species.  
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Predation   a relationship between two organisms in which one organism kills (predator) and devours another organism (prey).  
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Symbiosis   a close long term relationship between two or more species that can be beneficial or harmful  
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Mutualism   both organisms benefit from the relationship.  
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Parasitism   the relationship between two organisms where one organism benefits (parasite) and the other is harmed (host).  
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Commensalism   one organism benefits, the other organism is neither harmed or help  
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Succession   the somewhat regular progression of species replacement  
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Primary succession   when species begin to inhabit a place where life has not existed before  
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Secondary succession   when species take over areas that have had previous growth  
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Pioneer Species    
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What does a food chain show?   The transfer of energy from organism to organism  
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What is the main source of energy for everything?   The sun  
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What percentage of energy is passed between organisms?   10%  
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What are abiotic factors in an ecosystem?   The nonliving parts, sun, water, dirt, rocks, temperature, etc.  
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What are the biotic factors in an ecosystem?   All of the living organisms in an ecosystem, animals, and plants  
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An organisms role in an environment is called a   niche  
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What are the three ways an organism interacts with it’s ecosystem?   competition, predation, and symbiosis  
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The struggle for natural resources in an ecosystem is called   competition  
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What do plants compete for in an ecosystem?   water, sun light, space, minerals  
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What do animals compete for in an ecosystem?   food, water, territory, mates  
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As populations rises in an ecosystem, competition does what?   rises  
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As Competition rises in an ecosystem, populations will   decrease  
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An organism that hunts and kills another organism is called a   predator  
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The organism that is hunted and killed is called the   prey  
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What are the three forms of symbiosis?   mutualism, parasitism, commensalism  
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Symbiosis between two organisms that benefits both organisms is called   mutualism  
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Interaction between two organisms where one benefits and one just doesn’t care   commensalism  
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Ecology   the study of the interactions of living organisms with one another and with their physical environment  
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Habitat   place where a particular population of species lives  
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