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Unit 1 - Ecology
Basic Vocabulary
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Biology
11th Grade
09/17/2014

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Sustainablility
Definition
being able to use resources without worry of running out
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Ecosystem
Definition
Abiotic and biotic community
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Community
Definition
multiple populations of biotic populations
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Population
Definition
group of biotic organisms that are the same species
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Biotic
Definition
Anything that has cells, dna, can reproduce, adapt/evolve, react to the environment, require energy, and that grows and develops
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Abiotic
Definition
Any non-living thing
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Acid Rain
Definition
rainfall that has been made acidic by pollution
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Bioaccumulation
Definition
Accumulation between things such as pesticides
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Biomagnification
Definition
the concentration of things such as pesticides
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Biosphere
Definition
places inhabited by biotic organisms
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Carbon Cycle
Definition
a series of steps which carbon is changed in the environment
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Carrying Capacity
Definition
maximum population size of a species that the environment can sustain
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Cells
Definition
smallest unit of an organism
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Chemical Energy
Definition
the energy that is created during the chemical bonds
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Chloroflourocarbons
Definition
harmful to ozone layer mode of chlorine, fluorine, oxygen, and carbon
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Climate Change
Definition
changing of water patterns over the years
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Conservation
Definition
the act of conserving something
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Consumers
Definition
organisms of an ecological food chain
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Decomposers
Definition
an organism that breaks down cells of dead plants
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Density-Dependent
Definition
factors where the effect on the size of the growth of the population cary with the density of the population itself
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Density-Independent Factors
Definition
facts where the effect on the size of the growth of the population vary with the density of the population itself
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Energy Efficiency
Definition
most cost effective way to combat climate change
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Energy Flow
Definition
flow to show consumers, decomposers, and producers
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Energy Pyramid
Definition
a group to represent the flow of energy through an ecosystem
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Food Webs
Definition
a way of interlocking independent food chains
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DNA
Definition
made of chromosomes, way to determine who you are
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Homeostasis
Definition
the tendency toward stable equilibrium between independent elements
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Invasive Species
Definition
a nonnative species to an ecosystem that cause economic, environmental, and human health destruction
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J Growth Curve
Definition
exponential growth
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Limiting Factors
Definition
resource of environmental condition that limits the growth, abundance, or distribution of an organism
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Mortality
Definition
the state of being subject to death
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Mutualism
Definition
symbiosis that is beneficial to both organisms
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Niche
Definition
the way an organism fits in an ecosystem
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Nitrogen Cycle
Definition
process which nitrogen is cycled through the environment
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Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria
Definition
a certain type of bacteria that can break the N2 bond
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Ozone
Definition
a toxic unstable gas in the atmosphere that s formed by oxygen and electrical discharge
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Parasitism
Definition
symbiotic relationship where one species, the parasite; benefits at the expense of another organism
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Radiant Energy
Definition
Energy of electromagnetic radiation
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S Growth Curve
Definition
logistic growth
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Stimulus
Definition
something that has an effect on an organism
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Symbiosis
Definition
interaction between two organisms
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