PSMS Ecology vocabulary

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study of the interactions that take place among organisms and their environment

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ecology

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living things within an ecosystem

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biotic

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one of any living thing

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organism

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place where an organism lives and that provides the types of food, shelter, moisture, and temperature needed for survival

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habitat

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A chain showing how energy passes from one organism to the next.

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Food Chain

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eats producers

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herbivore

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any close relationship between species, including mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism.

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symbiosis

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An animal that hunts and kills other animals for food.

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predator

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largest number of individuals of a particular species that an ecosystem can support over time

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carrying capacity

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Non-living parts of an ecosystem: air, water, soil.

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abiotic