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