Ecology Terms

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An organism, either a green plant or bacterium, which is the foundation of a food chain.

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Producer

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An organism that eats producers

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First-order consumer

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An organism that eats first-order consumers

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Second-order consumer

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An organism that eats second-order consumers

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Third-order consumer

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A type of symbiotic relationship where both species benefit from the interaction.

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Mutualism

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A type of symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits at the expense of the other.

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Parasitism

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A type of symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.

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Commensalism

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The maximum population size of a species that an environment can sustain indefinitely.

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Carrying capacity

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A group of individuals of the same species living in a specific area.

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Population

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All the different populations that live together in an area.

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Community