Ecology: Section 1 Vocab

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Discipline studying relationships among organisms and their environments.

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Ecology

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Biosphere

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The portion of Earth that supports life.

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Living factors in an organism’s environment.

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biotic

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Abiotic Factor

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The nonliving factors in an organism’s environment.

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Organisms of the same species in the same location at the same time.

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Population

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Biological community

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A group of interacting populations in the same geographic area at the same time.

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Biological community and abiotic factors affecting it.

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Ecosystem

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A large group of ecosystems sharing the same climate and communities.

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Biome

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Habitat

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An area where an organism lives

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Act of one organism pursuing and consuming another.

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predation