Ecology Test Vocab.

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  1. 4. / Biology that consists of interactions of organisms
  2. 7. / substances that something consists of
  3. 9. / Another name for a producer
  4. 10. Rain / Acidic rainfall causes destruction and caused by Fossil Fuels
  5. 11. Capacity / Maximum quantity of a species in an area
  6. 12. / Area of surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere on Earth
  7. 17. / An organism that makes their own foods
  8. 18. Cycle / Phosphorous cycles through animals, rock, and water or soil
  9. 20. / Weather conditions over a long period of time
  10. 21. Cycle / Nitrogen cycle through Fert., Animals, and Lightning
  11. 23. Growth / After Exponential Growth the species dramatically declines in population back and forth
  12. 27. / Migration of an organism into a place
  13. 28. Succession / Similar to Primary, but occurs after an event
  14. 29. Level / Levels of consumption within a food web
  15. 30. / quantity of inhabitants in an area
  16. 31. / Natural home for an organism
  17. 32. Magnification / chemicals moving up the food chain to higher concentrations
  18. 35. / loss of nitrogen and nitrate reduction
  19. 37. / biological community of organism interactions
  20. 40. Succession / Evolution of a community
  21. 43. / Naturally occurring large area of life with plants and animals
  22. 45. / One organism benefits and the other is unaffected
  23. 47. Cycle / A cycle with carbon dioxide, decomposition, and factories with Carbon
  24. 48. / An organism that is most active during the Day
  25. 49. / An animal that eats plants and meat
  26. 50. / The star that Earth orbits
  27. 51. / An organism that is most active during the day
  28. 54. / Migration of an organism out of a place
  29. 55. / State of atmosphere depending on climate
  30. 56. / due to toxins entering the water Algae reproduce at an extreme rate
  31. 57. Resources / Resources that do replenish over time
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  1. 1. Factor / Factors that control population growth
  2. 2. / organisms with similar characteristics
  3. 3. / An interaction of two different organisms
  4. 5. Distribution / A natural arrangement of organism in areas on Earth
  5. 6. Chain / Levels of consumption with specific species
  6. 8. / An animal that only eats meat
  7. 10. Factor / Something that is not alive and affects an ecosystem
  8. 12. / The total dry mass of organisms in an area
  9. 13. / An animal that eats only plants
  10. 14. / Another name for a Consumer
  11. 15. Growth / The J-shaped curve on a population graph where a species doesn't worry about resources
  12. 16. Factor / Living components within an Ecosystem
  13. 17. Succession / The change of a soilless area into "normal" vegetation
  14. 19. / Keeping systems of Biology diverse
  15. 22. / The transfer of Ammonia to Nitrite to Nitrate
  16. 24. / An animal that feeds on dead organic material
  17. 25. / The role of a species within an Ecosystem
  18. 26. / An interaction where one organism benefits while the other is harmed
  19. 33. / Breakdown of complex organic matter into simple nutrients
  20. 34. / two separate species gain from an interaction
  21. 36. / A substance with Poisonous affects
  22. 38. / Interactions of multiple species
  23. 39. Warming / A constant increase in the Earth's Temp.
  24. 41. Gases / gases that are a part of the Greenhouse Effect
  25. 42. Species / species that affect decisions that will, in turn, affect multiple species
  26. 44. / Organisms that receive energy from other organisms
  27. 46. Rate / Increase of population in a given time
  28. 52. / A resource needed for Organism's Activities
  29. 53. Cycle / Evaporation and Precipitation of water in a cycle