Ecology
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jorjojordy on March 15, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Biosphere | part of earth all life is found |
| biosphere | includes land air water |
| ecology | study of all living things and how they interact with the environment |
| biotic factors | all living parts of environment |
| biotic factors | plants animals bacteria protists and fungi |
| abiotic | nonliving parts |
| abiotic | wind water air soil temp light etc. |
| population | all members of SAME SPECIES living together at same time in same area is |
| population | all deer living in same wooded area |
| population density | number of individuals living in a given area |
| populatoin density | population as it compares to the size of the area in which they are living |
| population density | always changing because of births and deaths |
| limiting factor | anything that limits the number of individuals in a population |
| limiting factor | availability of food, water space mates nestings sites and other resources; can be abiotic or biotic |
| carrying capacity | largest number of individuals an ecosystem can support |
| limiting factors | carrying capacity is limited by |
| community | made up of all DIFFERENT SPECCIES living together in one area at the same time |
| community | alll deer squirels pine trees pecan trees club mushrooms living together |
| ecosystem | community interacting with its environment - the biotic and abiotic factors |
| ecosystem | coral reef is the ________ and the rain forest is an ecosystem |
| competition | contest between organisms to find all they neeed to survive |
| competition | determines the size and location of population |
| competition | if too strong thw organisms must move or die |
| survival of the fittest | the most adaptable orgamnisms surviveis |
| habitat | space where organisms lives in community |
| niche | specific role it plays in environment |
| niche | how it survuve, obtains food and shelter, finds matee, takes care of young, avoids danger |
| camoflauge | animals blend in with their surroundinf |
| camoflauge | tree frog changes from green to brown to where it is |
| mimicry | animals copies behavior or appearance of another organism |
| mimicry | moncarch gross but viceroy isnt |
| food chain | how energy moves through ecosystem |
| food chain | grass- cow- humans- |
| producer | makes own food |
| producer | beginging of every food chain |
| concumer | cannot make own food |
| herbivore | eats plants |
| carnivore | eat meat |
| omnivore | eats both |
| food web | many food chains joined together |
| energy pyramid | shows amount of energy available at each level |
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