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49 notecards = 13 pages (4 cards per page)

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Ecology

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Ecology

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The study of the relationships between organisms and their environment.

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Ecosystem

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Living organisms interacting with each other and their nonliving environment.

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Biosphere

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Includes all the air, land, and water where life exists.

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Organism

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A living thing.

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Habitat

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The place an organism lives.

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Environment

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The place an organism lives.

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Biotic factor

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A living part of the environment.

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Examples of biotic factors

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Plants, Animals, Fungi, Protists ( algae), and Monerans (bacteria)

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Abiotic factor

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A non-living part of the environment.

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Examples of abiotic factors

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water, soil, light , minerals, wind, air, temperature, pollution, etc.

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Population

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All the organism of one species living in a specific area.

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Death rate

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The number of deaths in a population in a certain amount of time.

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Birth rate

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The number of births in a population in a certain amount of time.

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Migration rate

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The number of organisms that move in and out of a specific area.

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Limiting factors

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The resources that organisms need to survive. When unavailable these factors limit a populations' ability to grow/increase.

Example: when resources such as food, water or space become limited

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Community

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All populations of different organisms living together in a specific area.

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Succession

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A gradual change in a community over time.

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Niche

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An organism's role (job) within its' community.

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Producer

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An organism that makes it's own food, usually using sunlight by a process called photosynthesis.

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Examples of producers

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Plants, algae

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Autotroph

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An organism that can make its own food, usually using sunlight by a process called photosynthesis.

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Consumer

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An organism that can not make it's own food and must eat another organism.

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Examples of consumers

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People and animals

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Heterotroph

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an organism that needs to get its own food by eating another organism.

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Decomposer

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An organism that decays dead matter and recycles its' nutrients back into the soil.

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Examples of decomposers

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bacteria, fungi and worms

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Food Chain

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A model of how energy/food is transferred between organisms, by eating and being eaten.

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Food Web

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A model of many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.

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Energy Pyramid

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Shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web. The amount of energy available as you move from the bottom to the top of the pyramid decreases at each feeding level.

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Predator

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An animal that hunts other animals for food

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Symbiosis

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A close relationship between two organisms.

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Prey

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An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism

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Parasitism

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A relationship between two organisms of different species where one benefits and the other is harmed

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Host

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The organism on which a parasite lives.

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Parasite

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An organism that feeds on a living host

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Camouflage

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An organism that hides by blending its' appearance with its environment

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Mimicry

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The ability of an animal to look like another animal that may be harmful or poisonous.

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Mutualism

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A close relationship between two organisms in which they both benefit/help each other

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Adaptation

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Any feature an organism has to help it survive in its' environment.

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Competition

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Organisms will compete with each other for resources such as food, water, living space, shelter, and mates.

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Sampling

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A method used by scientists to estimate the numbers of individuals in a population.

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Scavenger

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An organism that the feeds on the bodies of dead animals.

Example: maggots, vultures and hyenas

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Biome

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A large region that has a specific type of climate and certain types of plant and animal communities

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Climax Community

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The final stage of succession. A stable community in an ecosystem that no longer goes through major ecological changes. It consists of dominant species of plants and animals.

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Capture, Mark & Release

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A technique used by scientists to count the numbers of individuals in a population and find out about their health.

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Omnivore

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An organism that eats meat and plants

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Herbivore

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An organism that eats mostly plants

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Carnivore

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An organism that eats mostly meat

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Detritivore

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An organism that eats organisms that are already dead.