Ecology Vocabulary Review

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What is eutrophication?

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Water pollution causing algal overgrowth.

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What is a natural resource?

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Any material or organism in the biosphere.

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What is a niche?

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The role or position of an organism in its environment.

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What is immigration in ecological terms?

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Movement of individuals into a population.

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What is an abiotic factor in an organism's environment?

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A nonliving factor like soil or water.

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What is biodiversity?

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The variety of life in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

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What is an ecosystem?

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A community of living organisms and their physical environment interacting as a system.

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What is a food chain?

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A linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another.

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What is a food web?

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A complex network of feeding relationships among various organisms in an ecosystem.

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What is a producer?

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An organism that can make its own food, typically through photosynthesis.