Ecology Vocabulary Flashcards
(11 cards)
1
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Ecosystem
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All of the living and nonliving things interacting in an area.
2
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Habitat
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The place where an organism lives and that provides the things it needs.
3
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Biotic Factors
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All the living things in an area.
4
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Abiotic Factors
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all the nonliving things in an area (sunlight, tempature, soil, rocks, water, and oxygen)
5
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Species
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A group of organisms with similar characteristics, that reproduce with one another.
6
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Organism
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A living thing.
7
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Populaion
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Group of the same organism (Species) living together.
8
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Community
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Many different populations (Biotic) livig things.
9
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Ecology
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The study of the interaction between living and nonliving things.
10
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Emigration
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Leaving a population.
11
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Immigration
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Moving into a population.
