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Ecology Vocabulary
Vocab on Ecology
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Biology
9th Grade
09/15/2011

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Term
Ecology
Definition
The interactions between organisms and their enviornment
Term
Biome
Definition
A group of ecosystems that have the same climate and communities
Term
Population
Definition

A group of the same type of organism

 

(one or more of the same type of organism)

Term
Community
Definition
A group of different populations in one area
Term
Ecosystem
Definition

Biotic and Abiotic things in an area

 

(The interaction between Biotic and Abiotic things in an area)

Term
Autotroph
Definition
A producer
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Heterotroph
Definition
A consumer
Term
Consumer
Definition
Eats other organisms for energy
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Producer
Definition
An organism that makes it's own food. Usually uses a process called photosynthesis.
Term
Decomposer
Definition
Gets energy by breaking down the tissue of  dead, organic matter
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Food Chain
Definition
A chain that shows the transfer of energy from one organism to another.
Term
Food Web
Definition
Multiple food chains that are intertwined together in one ecosystem.
Term
Carnivore
Definition
An organism that eats ONLY meat
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Herbivore
Definition
An organism that eats ONLY plants
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Omnivore
Definition
An organism that eats BOTH meat and producers
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Predator
Definition
An organism that lives by preying off of other organisms
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Prey
Definition
An animal that is hunted
Term
Parastism
Definition

Symbiotic Relationship

 

When one organism lives in/on a host and harms it in a way

Term
Mutualism
Definition

Symbiotic Relationship

 

Both organisms in this relationship benefit

Term
Commensalism
Definition

Simbiotic Relationship

 

One organism benefits and the other is not harmed or bothered; it doesn't gain any benefits.

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