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Vocab of ecology 01.10.17- #freshman
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carrying capacity
#of organisms in a region can support w.o environmental help
people per unit (kilometer)
resources that limit organisms growth
rising fast of a population
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Define Biome
A certain population of an organism
large,large areas that only have one climate and one animal
earths major life zones defines by vegetation
A long term weather conditions and decreasing population
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what is bio magnification
Increasing of the population due to environmental benefits
a myth to biology that a microscope is useless
variety of life in a certain area or ecosystems
bad substance increase in organisms at higher trophic level
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carnivore
an organism that only eats meats
an organism that eats both plants and animals
an organism that only eats plants
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Define biotic
another way of ecology
a robotic arm
Interations with other living organisms
an explosives waiting in the earth
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Food chain
a famous restaurant that expands
how the animals become more powerful
how energy moves though a living system
how the food transfers to the human body
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exponential growth
#of organisms in a region can support w.o environmental help
resources that limit organisms growth
rising fast of a population
people per unit (kilometer)
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what is bio magnification
Microscope only for biology
Increasing of the population due to environmental benefits
bad substance increase in organisms at higher trophic level
a myth to biology that a microscope is useless
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consumers/heterotrophs
an organism that goes through photosynthesis
an organism that consumes other organisms for energy
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mutualism
benefits one population
1 population benefits from host;host is harmed
both population is benefited
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producers/autotrophs
an organism that goes through photosynthesis
an organism that consumes other organisms for energy
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detritivore
plant or animal materials and other dead matter
break down dead or decaying organisms
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abiotic
dead animals and humans impacting the environment in bad way
temperature of metal
non living influences
a body part that requires metal
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Define ecosystems
the way of systems to interact with computers
the air
biological community of interacting organisms
organisms everyday life that only partakes in the water
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energy pyramid
# of organisms decreases as moving up
energy exchanges through out organisms
feeding relationships between organisms
how the communities interact
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limiting factor
resources that limit organisms growth
#of organisms in a region can support w.o environmental help
rising fast of a population
people per unit (kilometer)
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herbivore
an organism that only eats plants
an organism that only eats meats
an organism that eats both plants and animals
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commensalism
1 population benefits from host;host is harmed
benefits one population
both population is benefited
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Define Climate
long period of rain
long-term weather conditions in an area
weather of the week
weather for the day
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trophic level
how the communities interact
# of organisms decreases as moving up
feeding relationships between organisms
Shows may different food chains in a community.
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population density
people per unit (kilometer)
resources that limit organisms growth
#of organisms in a region can support w.o environmental help
rising fast of a population
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symbiosis
2 species live in direct contact with one another
symbolic theory of ecology
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competition
benefits one population
1 population benefits from host;host is harmed
fight for limited resources between two organisms
both population is benefited
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parasitism
both population is benefited
benefits one population
1 population benefits from host;host is harmed
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decomposer
break down dead or decaying organisms
plant or animal materials and other dead matter
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omnivore
an organism that eats both plants and animals
an organism that only eats plants
an organism that only eats meats
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trophic structure
Shows may different food chains in a community.
a spiders wed that contains its life supply of food
feeding relationships between organisms
how the communities interact
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food web
a spiders wed that contains its life supply of food
how the communities interact
Shows may different food chains in a community.
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emigration
move left
move right
move in
move out
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Define community
Group of people having the certain characteristics in common
Group of people living in the same area
a group of organism that share the same social media account
the show that airs every sunday night
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immigration
move right
move left
move in
move out
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Define Ecology
a group of organisms interacting with water
the study of the earth
the reasons why humans need pets in their life
relations of organisms with one another & the environment
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predation
one species
four species
two species
three species
