Ecology Vocab Test Review

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Physical, nonliving factor shaping an ecosystem

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abiotic factor

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Living factors shaping an ecosystem

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Biotic factor

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Largest number of individuals a species an environment can support

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Carrying capacity

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Symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits, and the other is unaffected.

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Commensalism

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Assemblage of different populations in a defined area

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Community

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Organism relying on others for energy and food

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consumer or heterotroph

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Limiting factor based on population density

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density-dependent limiting factor

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Limiting factor affecting all populations similarly, regardless of density.

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Density-independent limiting factor

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Model of energy/matter in trophic levels of a food chain/web

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Ecological pyramid

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All organisms in a place with their nonliving environment.

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Ecosystem