Ecology

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What is Symbiosis?

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A close, long-term relationship between two species that usually involves an exchange of food and energy.

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What is a Population?

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Organisms of the same species that live in the same area.

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What are Competitive Relationships?

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Interactions between organisms of the same or different species that compete for the same resources in an ecosystem.

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What is Carrying Capacity?

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The largest number of individuals for a species that an ecosystem can support.

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What is Extinction?

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A species that has died out and no individuals are left.

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What is Ecology?

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The study of interactions between organisms and their environment.

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What is a Community?

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A group of different species that live together in the same area.

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What is a Habitat?

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The natural environment in which an organism lives, including all biotic and abiotic factors.

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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.