Chapter 2 Ecology

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What is mutualism?

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A relationship where both organisms benefit from it.

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What is an autotroph?

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An organism that collects energy from sunlight or inorganic substances to produce food.

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What are biotic factors?

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Living factors within an environment.

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What is a habitat?

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A place where a single organism lives.

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What are the two major life processes that involve carbon and oxygen?

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Photosynthesis and respiration.

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What is commensalism?

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

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What is parasitism?

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A relationship where one organism benefits at the expense of another.

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What is competition in ecology?

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The struggle between organisms for the same resources in an ecosystem.

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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 a biome?

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A large geographical biotic unit, a major community of plants and animals with similar life forms and environmental conditions.