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Ecology Flashcards
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- 1Carrying Capacitythe maximum number of individuals of a species that can be supported in a certain area
- 2Parasitismone organism benefits, the other is harmed
(tick/human-ticks feed on blood, humans experience skin irritation and can become infected with disease)
- 3Commensalismone organism benefits, the other is unaffected
(shark / remora - remora gets a free ride and protection, shark is not harmed or helped)
- 4Mutualismboth organisms benefit (bee / flower - bee gets nectar for food flower uses bee to spread pollen)
- 5Biotic Factorall living organisms
(plants, animals, bacteria, fungi, protist)
- 6Abiotic Factornonliving parts of the ecosystem
(air, water, sunlight, wind, temperature)
- 7Communityall of the organisms that coexist in the same area
(forest community-
deer, rabbits, squirrels, owls, oak trees, pine trees, grass)
- 8Biospherethe region of earth that supports all life
(all land, water, and air regions in which organisms live)
- 9Autotrophorganisms that can make their own food
- 10Density Dependent Limiting Factorexerts a greater influence as the population numbers gets bigger
(competition for resources, predation, disease)
- 11Density Independent Limiting Factorexerts an influence regardless of the numbers of organism in a population
(natural disasters - flood, drought, fire, hurricane, earthquake
pollution - pesticide, oil spill, nuclear disaster)
- 12Food Weboverlapping food chains
- 13Ecologythe study of how organisms interact with the environment
- 14Biomelarge group of ecosystems - share the same type of climates and have similar communities
(tundra, savanna, rain forests, plains)
- 15Symbiosisa relationship between two organisms of different species
that benefits at least one of them
- 16Populationall of the organisms of the same species living in the same area
(pond population - bullfrogs only, catfish only, lily pads only)
- 17Climax Communitystable, mature community with little change
(oak, hickory trees)
- 18Heterotrophenergy is gained by eating other organisms
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- High School Ecology Flashcards on Ecology Flashcards, created by Mark Holland on 22/03/2024.
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