Ecology

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What is Primary Succession?

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Development of a community that was previously uninhabited.

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What is the definition of Carrying Capacity?

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The maximum number of individuals an environment can support.

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What is a Density Independent Factor?

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Population changing factors that occur regardless of how dense the population is.

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What is a Density Dependent Factor?

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Population changing factors that are triggered by an increase in a population density.

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What is a Limiting Factor?

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Any factor that slows population growth.

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What is an Ecosystem?

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A community of living organisms and their interactions with their environment.

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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 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 Trophic Level?

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The position an organism occupies in a food chain.

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What is an Autotroph?

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An organism that produces its own food, typically through photosynthesis.