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Ecology Vocabulary Review
Get out vocab sheet.
Ecology: The study of how living things interact with nature
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Ecology
• The study of how living things interact with nature
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Abiotic
Non Living parts of the environment
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Biotic
The living parts of the environment
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Symbiosis
A relationship where two different species live closely and interact often.
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Mutualism
A type of symbiosis is when two species help each other.
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Commensalism
A type of symbiosis when one species benefits from another but the second species isn’t affected
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Parasitism
A type of relationship where one organism benefits while harming the other organism.
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Carrying Capacity
The maximum number of organisms of a species an ecosystem can hold
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Limiting Factor
The scarcest resource or the one that runs out first that causes a population to decline.
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Adaptation
A trait that helps an organism survive.
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Predator
An organism that hunts others for food
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Prey
An organism that is hunted for food
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Coevolution
When a relationship between two species causes them both to adapt.
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Population
All of the members of a species in an area
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Ecosystem
A community of organisms and their environment.
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Biosphere
All of the living space on earth.
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Community
All of the different organisms of different groups in an area
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Competition
When two organisms fight over the same resources
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herbivore
An animal that eats only plants
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Carnivore
An animal that eats only other animals
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Omivore
An animal that eats plants and animals
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Food Chain
A diagram showing how energy passes from one organism to the next
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Energy Pyramid
A diagram showing how energy decreases as it goes up a food chain.
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Decomposition
When dead organisms break down into simpler chemicals
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Decomposer
An organism that breaks down material in dead organisms.
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Biodiversity
Large amount of different organisms
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Food Web
A diagram showing all of the connected food chains in an ecosystem