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Ecology Vocabulary
Vocabulary for TEST
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| What is a decomposer ? | A consumer that breaks down dead organisms into nutrients. |
| How does a Energy Pyramid look like | Shows how the energy is lost in a food chain |
| Carnivore | A consumer who eats other animals ( meat eater not vegan) |
| How does a Parasitism relationship work | An relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed. |
| What is the opposite of prey | A predator an animal who hunts other animals for food |
| What is the opposite of predator | Prey who is hunted by other animals cause they are food |
| Omnivore | A consumer that eats a variety of animals AND plants |
| What is a producer | These are ALWAYS at the START of a food chain |
| What does a producer do | They make their own food through photosynthesis |
| `Herbivores | A consumer that mostly eats plants |
| What is symbiosis relationship | A close long term relationship between two different things |
| what is a Niche purpose | An job an organism has in it environment |
| What is a Mutualism relationship | A relationship where both organism benefits from it |
| What does it mean for an organism to be Interdependent | Living others that rely on other organism for basic needs |
| Biotic factors things | The living things that live in a ecosystem |
| What is the role of a Food chain | A simple linear diagram that shows how energy flows from one organism to the next |
| What is the role of a food chain | A complex diagram that shows many food chains put together |
| What does competition mean | Organism that fights over basic things like food,water,and shelter/space |
| What is a Commensalism relationship | A relationship where one organism benefits and the other is unharmed |
| Habitat is a | A place where an organism lives |
| Abiotic things | Non-living parts of an ecosystem |
| What is a biosphere | All living things and their environments on earth |
| What does a community do | Environments made up of all biotic factors together |
| What does a ecosystem do | All of the biotic and abiotic factors all together in an area |
| What is a population | a group of the same species that live in an area at the same time. |
| Limiting factors | Factors that cause a population to stop growing |
| Carrying capacity does what | The largest population an environment can support |
| what makes PHOTOSYNTHESIS | Water + carbon dioxide + sunlight =glucose + oxygen |
| What is an organism | An living thing in an ecosystem |
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