Ecology Vocabulary

the environment where an organism lives

• biome

• habitat

• savanna

• ecology

a close, long-term association between two or more species

• succession

• food chain

• symbiosis

• population

the movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and then back into the nonliving environment

• Carbonification

• Carbon Cycle

• Succession

• Biodiversity

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a biome near the equator, characterized by hot and wet winters and summers, and vast biodiversity

• Tundra

• Desert

• Tropical Rain Forest

• Temperate Forest

the study of the interactions between organisms and their environment

• ecology

• population

• food web

• water cycle

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a group of individuals of the same species that live together in the same area at the same time

• Estuary

• Food chain

• Biodiversity

• Population

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the movement of nitrogen from the nonliving environment into living organisms and back again

• Water Cycle

• Nitrogen Fixation

• Carbon Cycle

• Nitrogen Cycle

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an area of land where the water level is near or above the surface of the ground for most of the year

• Estuary

• Wetlands

• Tropical Rain Forest

• Savanna

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a complex diagram representing the4 many energy pathways in a real ecosystem

• Estuary

• Badlands

• Food Chain

• Food Web

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

the gradual regrowth or development of a community of organisms over time

• Pollution

• Succession

• Food Web

• Symbiosis