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Ecology Terms
- Ecology - the study of the
interactions between
living things and their
environment
- Biosphere -
the part of the
planet
containing
living things
- Ecosystem - a
group of
organisms that
interact with their
environment as a
unit
- Habitat - the
place where
an animal or
plant lives
- Population - all
the member of
the same
species living
in an area
- Community - all
the different
populations in an
area
- Abiotic
factors
- non
living
factors
- Edaphic
factors -
factors
relating to soil
- Producers - organisms
that carry out
photosynthesis
- Consumers -
organisms
that take in
food from
another
organism
- Food
chain - a
sequence
of
organisms
in which
one is
eaten by
the next
member of
the chain
- Trophic
level -
a
feeding
stage
in a
food
chain
- Food web -
two or more
interlinked food
chains
- Pyramid of
numbers
represents the
number of
organisms at
each trophic
level
- Niche - the
role an
organism
plays in the
community
- Nutrient recycling - the
way in which elements
are exchanged between
living and non living
components of the
ecosystem
- Competition -
when organisms
actively struggle
for a resource
that is in short
supply
- Intra-specific competition -
competition between
members of the same
species
- Inter-specific
competition -
competition
between members
of different species
- Contest
competition - An
active physical
contest between
two organisms
- Scramble
competition -
competing
organisms get
some of the
resource
- Predation - the
catching, killing and
eating of another
organism
- Predator
- an
organism
that
catches,
kills and
eats
another
organism
- Prey - an
organism
that is
eaten by a
predator
- Parasitism -
one organism
(parasite)
obtains its food
from another
organism (host)
- Symbiosis -
When two
organisms live in
close association
and at least one
benefits
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