Ecology Vocab

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  1. 3. CAPACITY Largest population an environment can support over a period of time.
  2. 5. Organisms that break down dead organisms
  3. 7. Individuals of the same species in the same area (environment) at the same time
  4. 10. means all the LIVING things in an ecosystem (environment
  5. 12. The way an organism interacts with the biotic and abiotic environment.
  6. 14. Two or more organisms trying to use the same limited resources at the same time.
  7. 15. PRYAMID Triangular diagram showing the loss of energy at each level of the food chain.
  8. 18. are plants, algae, and some kinds of bacteria
  9. 22. A community of organisms and the abiotic factors in the environment.
  10. 24. The science of the relationships between organisms and their environments.
  11. 25. A diagram that shows how the energy flows from one organism to the next.
  12. 26. The part of the earth and its atmosphere in which living organisms exist or that is capable of supporting life.
  13. 27. many Predators
  14. 28. any association between two organisms living in close association with each other.
  15. 29. Consumers that eat plants
  16. 30. The place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows.
  17. 32. an association (symbiotic relationship) in which both organisms benefit
  18. 33. Organisms that get food from an outside source
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  1. 1. one organism [the parasite] benefits, and the other [the host] is adversely affected [weakened, sickened, damaged etc]
  2. 2. (prey)
  3. 4. / PRODUCERS Organisms that can make their own food from sunlight or chemicals
  4. 6. a large naturally occurring community
  5. 8. When one organism looks like another for protection
  6. 9. Consumers that eat dead organisms.
  7. 11. enough
  8. 13. Organisms that live together in an ecosystem
  9. 16. FACTORS Things that keep a population from growing
  10. 17. Organisms that are eaten by other organisms.
  11. 19. Organisms that eat meat
  12. 20. Individuals of one species benefit, while individuals of the other species do not benefit and are not harmed
  13. 21. WEB A complex diagram showing the transfer of energy pathways in an ecosystem.
  14. 23. Consumers that eat plants and meat.
  15. 31. FACTORS means all the NON-LIVING things in an ecosystem