Ecology Terms - NOT DONE
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ecology | the study of the interactions between organisms and the living and nonliving compnents of their environment |
| interdependence | the quality of organisms that allows them to interact with other organisms in their surroundings and with the nonliving portion of their environment |
| ecological models | models that are used to represent or describe the components of an ecological system |
| biosphere | broadest, most inclusive level of organization; the thin volume of Earth and its atmosphere that supports life; all organisms are found within biosphere |
| ecosystem | second largest level of organization of ecology which includes all of the organisms and the nonliving environment found in a particular place |
| community | instead of including nonliving factors, it just includes the living species of organisms; all the interacting organisms living in an area |
| population | all the memebers of a species that live in one place at one time |
| biotic factors | living components of the environment |
| abiotic factors | nonliving factors; physical and chemical characteristics of of the environment |
| habitat | the place where an organism lives |
| tolerance curve | a graph of performance versus values of an environmental variable, such as temperature |
| acclimation | the adjusting of the tolerance of some organisms to abiotic factors |
| conformers | organisms that do not regulate their internal conditions; they change as their external environment changes |
| regulators | organisms that use energy to control some of their internal conditions |
| dormancy | a long-term strategy to escape unfavorable environmental conditions like winter or drought in which the organism enters a state of reduced activity |
| migration | another strategy to escape unfavorable environmental conditions in which the organism moves to a more favorable habitat |
| niche | the specific role, or way of life, of a species within its environment |
| generalists | species with broad niches; they can tolerate a range of conditions and use a variety of resources |
| specialists | species that have narrow niches |
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