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Ecology
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- 1ecologyscientific study of how organisms interact with each other and their enviornment
- 2ecosystemdefinable area containing a self sustained community of organisms interacting with their no living environment
- 3habitata habitat is the part of an ecosystem where individual organisms live
- 4nichedescribes the role of an organism in an ecosystem where individual organisms live
- 5abiotic factorstides, water temperature and wave action
- 6biotic factorsabundant seaweeds provide shelter and food
- 7competitionstruggle between two or more organisms for limited resources
- 8parasitismthe parasite lives in or on the host, depends on host for food and causes harm to the host
- 9symbiosiswhere two different organisms live in close association in which it provides advantage to both
- 10pollutionrelease of substances or energy into the environment in large quantities that harm the natural inhabitants
- 11conservationis a series of measures designed to retain viable populations of species in their ecosystem
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- Leaving Certificate Biology FlashCards sobre Ecology, criado por tyanglandr em 29-05-2013.
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