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| Question | Answer |
| Define Abiotic | The non-living components of an ecosystem eg. Air, water, soil, et cetera |
| Define Allelopathy | A relationship where one organism produces chemicals that influence the growth, survival and reproduction of other organisms |
| Define Behavioural Adaptation | An action that an organism carries out that enables it to better survive in its environment, e.g. basking in the sun. |
| Define Biodiversity | The variety of all life forms on Earth. |
| Define Biological Control | The reduction of a pest population by the introduction of another organism. |
| Define Biomass | The total mass of all organisms in a given population. |
| Define Biotic | The living components of an ecosystem, e.g. plants, animals and fungi. |
| Define Carnivore | An animal whose diet consists primarily of other animals. |
| Define Cloning | The process of producing cells or organisms that are genetically identical to the parent. |
| Define Commensalism | A relationship in which one species benefits and the other is not affected. |
| Define Community | A group of populations living and interacting with each other in an area. |
| Define Consumer/Heterotroph | An organism that consumes food created by other organisms. |
| Define Decomposer | Organisms that obtain energy by breaking down dead or decaying organisms. |
| Define Ecosystem | A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment. |
| Define Environment | The surroundings in which an organism lives. |
| Define Feral | An organism or species which was once domesticated that is now surviving in the wild. |
| Define Habitat | The natural home or environment of an organism. |
| Define Herbivore | An animal whose diet consists primarily of plant matter. |
| Define Introduced species | A non-indigenous species which is living outside its native area |
| Define Mutualism | A relationship in which both species benefit. |
| Define Omnivore | An animal whose diet regularly consists of both animal and plant matter. |
| Define Parasitism | A relationship that benefits one species (parasite) and harms the other (host). |
| Define Photosynthesis | A series of chemical reactions involving the conversion of carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen. |
| Define Physiological adaptation | A process occurring within an organism that enables it to better survive in its environment, e.g. sweating. |
| Define Population | A group of organisms of the same species who live in the same area at the same time. |
| Define Predator | An organism that kills another organism for food. |
| Define Prey | An organism that is attacked and eaten by a predator. |
| Define Producer/Autotroph | An organism that creates its own food from photosynthesis or chemosynthesis. |
| Define Respiration | A series of chemical reactions involving the conversion of glucose and oxygen into carbon dioxide, water and energy. |
| Define Species | A distinct group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of interbreeding to produce fertile offspring. |
| Define Structural adaptation | A physical feature of an organism that enable it to better survive in its environment, e.g. fur or feathers. |
| Define Symbiosis | Any close and prolonged interaction between individuals of two different species. |
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