Ecology

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What is a Consumer?

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An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy.

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What type of symbiosis occurs when both species benefit?

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Mutualism.

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What are Pioneer Species?

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The first organisms that appear in an ecological community during ecological succession.

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What is Secondary Succession?

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Succession that occurs in an area where soil is already present.

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What is Commensalism?

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A type of symbiosis where one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.

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What is an Autotroph?

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

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What is Ecological Succession?

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The process of change in the species structure of an ecological community over time.

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What is Primary Succession?

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Succession that occurs in an area where no soil exists, such as after a volcanic eruption.

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What is Parasitism?

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A type of symbiosis where one organism benefits at the expense of another.

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What is a Producer?

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