Ecology Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| ecology | is the study of interactions of living organisms with one another and with their physical environment |
| population | a group of individuals all the same species living in the same area |
| community | a group of populations living in the same area |
| ecosystem | describes the interrelationship between the organisms in a community and their physical environment |
| habitat | place where a particular population of a species lives |
| niche | describes all the biotic (living) and abiotic (nonliving) resources in the environment used by an organism |
| population size | the total number of individuals in the population |
| population density | the total number of individuals per area or volume occupied |
| dispersion | how individuals in a population are distributed. They can be clumped (like humans in cities), uniform (like trees in an orchard), or random (like trees in some forests) |
| carrying capacity | the maximum number of individuals of a population that can be sustained by a particular habitat |
| biodiversity | is the variety of all living things; the different plants, animals and micro organisms, the genetic information they contain and the ecosystems they form |
| abiotic | is the nonliving physical and chemical attribute of a system (ex: water, amount of light, temperature, wind patterns, pH, oxygen , etc.) |
| biotic | are all of the living things in an ecosystem, such as plants and animals |
| limiting factors | are those elements that prevent a population from attaining its maximum growth rate under ideal conditions, with unlimited resources and without any growth restrictions |
| biotic potential | is the maximum growth rate of a population under ideal conditions, with unlimited resources and without any growth restrictions |
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