10/9 Units Test Flashcards
population
Group of individuals of the same species in the same area
community
assemblage of different populations that live together
habitat
where organisms live
niche
biotic and abiotic conditions that an organism lives in and how if use them (jobs)
predation
when one organism captures and feeds on another organism
competition
organisms that are the same or different species use an ecological resource at the same time
smybiosis
when two species live close
Mutualism
both organisms benefit
commensalism
One organism benefits and another doesn’t get change at all
potism
One parasite lives on or inside another organism and harms it
ecological succession
A series of predictable changes that occur in a community overtime
primary succession
occurs on surface where no soil exists
secondary succession
disturbance changes in existing community
biotic
living thing, that influences or affects an ecosystem
abiotic
nonliving thing that influence or affects an ecosystem