ECOSYSTEMS Flashcards by Bianca Vains | Brainscape

Flashcards in ECOSYSTEMS Deck (18)

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Ecology Definition

The study of how organisms interact with each other and with their environment

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Abiotic definition

A non-living factor of the environment

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Biotic definition

A living factor of the environment

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Competition definition

Relationship between organising that are trying to use the same limited resource

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Predation definition

Relationship between two organising, where one kills and eats the other

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Mutualism definition

Relationship between two organisms living closely together, where each benefits the other.

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Parasitism definition

relationship between two organisms, where one lives on or in the other and feeds of it

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Commensalism definition

Relationship between two organisms, where one benefits and the other is unharmed.

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Producer definition

Organisms that make the food for the community

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Consumer definition

Organisms that require a ready-made source of food

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Decomposed definition

Organisms such as some bacteria that break down the bodies of dead organisms and animal wastes and recycle material.

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Carnivore definition

Eats meat

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Omnivore definition

Eats plants and meat

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Herbivore definition

Eats plants

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Food web definition

All the linked food chains in an ecosystem

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Food chain definition

A sequence of organisms feeding on each other

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Biodiversity definition

The range of different species in a community

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Ecosystem definition

A place where organisms and their physical surroundings form a balanced environment that is different from others nearby.

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