Ecology Flashcards
1
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What is ecology
A
The study of an organism and their habitat
2
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Biosphere
A
The parts of earth inhibited by life
3
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Ecosystem
A
Organisms interactions with their environment
4
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Community
A
All organisms in an ecosystem
5
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Population
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All the same organisms in an area
6
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Habitat
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Place an organism lives
7
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Food chain
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Shows the transfer of energy from one organism to the next
8
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Tropic level
A
Feeding position in a food chain
9
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Niche
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The role an organism plays
10
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Pyramid of numbers
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Shows the number of organism at each trophies level
11
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Inverted pyramid of numbers
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Doesn’t take into account the size of an organism
12
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Abiotic factor
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Non living factor affecting organisms
13
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Biotic factors
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Living factors affecting organisms
14
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Edaphic factor
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Factors relating to soil
15
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Competition
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Struggle for a scarce resource
