Ecology Vocab Flashcard ALL

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What is a community in ecology?

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An interacting group of various populations of species in a common location.

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What is an autotroph?

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An organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals.

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What is predation?

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An interaction where one organism hunts and kills another organism for energy.

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What does abiotic mean?

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Any nonliving component of an ecosystem (air, water, sunlight, etc.).

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What is a producer?

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An organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals.

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What is a consumer?

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An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms.

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What is a decomposer?

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An organism that breaks down dead or decaying organisms, returning nutrients to the ecosystem.

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What is mutualism?

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A type of symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit from the interaction.

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What is commensalism?

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

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What is a biome?

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A large geographical biotic unit, a major community of plants and animals with similar life forms and environmental conditions.