Ecology Review

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What is a Decomposer?

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An organism that helps to recycle nutrients within an ecosystem by eating dead or decaying organisms.

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Define Population in ecology.

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A group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area.

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What is an Ecosystem?

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An area that includes communities of different species and their environment.

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What is Mutualism?

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A type of symbiotic relationship where both species benefit, such as honey guide birds and badgers.

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Why might an organism have more than one arrow coming FROM them in a food web?

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More than one organism may eat them.

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What is a Predator?

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An organism that hunts and eats other organisms.

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Define Autotroph.

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An organism that produces its own food, typically through photosynthesis.

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What is a Producer?

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An organism that can make its own food, usually plants.

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What is Symbiosis?

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A close and long-term interaction between two different species.

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What is Commensalism?

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A type of symbiotic relationship where one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.