Unit 8 Ecology Vocabulary

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Biodiversity

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The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem

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Biome

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A group of ecosystems that share similar climates

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Carnivore

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Organisms that obtain energy by eating animals

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Carrying Capacity

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The largest number of individuals of a species that an ecosystem can support

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Chemosynthesis

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The process in which chemical energy is used to produce carbohydrates

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Commensalism

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Symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed

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Community

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Many different populations that live together in the same area

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Competition

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A relationship between organisms that strive for the same resources in the same place

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Competition Exclusion

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No two species can occupy the same niche in the same habitat at the same time

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Consumer

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Organisms that rely on other organisms for energy and food/heterotrophs