Biology Ch 2 Ecology Vocab Flashcard

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Study of interactions between organisms and their environments

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ecology

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Living factors in an organism’s environment

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Biotic factor

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Population: Organisms of a single species in the same geographic area.

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Organisms of a single species that share the same geographic location at the time.

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biological community

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a group of interacting populations in the same geographic area at the same time.

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Area where an organism lives

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habitat

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Role of an organism in its environment

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niche

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Predation

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One organism pursues and consumes another for food.

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autotroph

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an organism that collects energy from sunlight or inorganic substances to make food.

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Eats fragments of dead matter

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detritivore

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Food chain:

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A simple model showing energy flow in an ecosystem.