Book 3 Chapter 1 Flashcards
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the study of the interactions of living things with one another and with their environment
ecology
describes living factors in the environment
biotic
describes the nonliving part of the environment
abitoic
a group of a species that live in a certain area
population
all of the populations of species that live in the same habitat and interact with each other
community
a community of organisms and their abiotic environment
eocsystem
the part of Earth where life exists
biosphere
an organism that eats strictly plants
herbavore
an organism that eats other animals
carnivore
an organism that eats plants and animals
omnivore
the pathway of energy transfer through various stages as a result of the feeding patterns of a series of organisms
food chain
a diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem
food web
a triangular diagram that shows an ecosystem’s loss of energy, which results as energy passes through the ecosystem’s food chain
energy pyramid
the largest population that an environment can support at any given time
carrying capacity
an organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
prey
an organism that eats all or part of an organism
predator
a relationship in which two different organisms live in close association with each other
symbiosis
a relationship between two species that benefits both of them
mutualism
a relationship between two species in which one benefits and the other is uneffected
commensalism
a relationship between two species in which one benefits(parasite) and the other is harmed(host)
parasitism
the evolution of two species that is due to mutual influence often in a way that makes the relationship more beneficial to both species
coevolution
