Ecolagy Flashcards

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Competition

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Organisms of two species use the same limited resource and have a negative impact on each other

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Predation

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Is a member of one species a predator eats all or part of the body of a member of another species or prey

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Mutualism

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A long term, close association between two species in which both parters benefits and the other one is unaffected

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Commensalism

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A long term close association between two species in which 1 benefits and the other one is unaffected

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Parasitism

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A long term close association between two species in which one benefits and the other is harmed

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Define ecology

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Is the study of organisms and how they interact with the environment around them

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Describe the difference between a food chain and a food web

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A food chain outlines whom eats whom and a food web is all of the food chains in a ecosystem

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Habitat and niche

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A habitat is where the organism lives and a niche defines the role played by the organism

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Biotic factors and abiotic factors

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Biotic factors are living things and abiotic factors are non living things

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Biome

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Group of ecosystems with the same climate and dominant community’s

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What are the four types of estuaries

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Fjord, tectonic, Bar built, Drowned River Mouth

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Biosphere

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The combined portions of earth in which all living things exist

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Portion of the ocean divided into two horizontal parts

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Pelagic and oceanic

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How are the ocean layers divided horizontally

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By the amount of sunlight

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