Ecology Review

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What is a habitat?

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An area where an organism finds food, shelter, and water in a specific arrangement.

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What is a food web?

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An illustration that uses arrows to show the many possible directions in which matter and energy can pass through the organisms in an ecosystem.

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What is ecology?

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The study of interactions among organisms and their environments.

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What is an organism?

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An individual belonging to a specific species.

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What are producers?

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Organisms that produce their own food, such as plants like crab grass.

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What is a niche?

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The role or function of an organism or species within an ecosystem.

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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.

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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 community in ecology?

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A group of different species that live together in one area.

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What is biodiversity?

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The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.