Ecology

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• the study of the habitation of organisms
• the study of plants and animals in relation to their environment

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Ecology

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from greek work

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 Oikos - habitation or house or place to live/home

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• a living thing that has an organized structure, can react to stimuli, reproduce, grow, adapt, and maintain homeostasis

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Organism/Species

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• a group of organisms of the same species and live in the same area

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Population

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• a group of different populations that live together in a defined area

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Community

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• a collection of all organisms that live in a particular place together with their non-living environment

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Ecosystem

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• Physical, non-living factors that influence an ecosystem

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1. Abiotic Component:

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• living factors that influence an ecosystem

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2. Biotic Component

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organisms that make their own food.

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• Producers

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animals that feed on plants or other animals

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• Consumers

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fungi and bacteria that feed on the wastes or remains of animals and plants

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• Decomposers

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use light energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and carbohydrates

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Photosynthesis

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performed by bacteria, use chemical energy to produce carbohydrates

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Chemosynthesis

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obtain energy by eating only plants

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Herbivores

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eat only animals

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Carnivores

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eat both plants and animals

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Omnivores

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• movement of energy and nutrient from one feeding group of organisms to another

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Food Chain

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• interlocking pattern formed of a series of interconnecting food chains

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Food Web

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• A diagram that shows the amount of energy or matter contained within each trophic level in a food chain/web

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Energy Pyramid

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• represents the amount of living organic matter at each trophic level

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Biomass Pyramid

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• a series of predictable changes in an environment

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Ecological Succession

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succession that occurs on the surface where no soil exists

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Primary Succession

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first species to populate the area

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Pioneer Species

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following a disturbance that destroys a community without destroying the soil.

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Secondary Succession

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when two organisms of the same or different species attempt to use an ecological resource in the same place at the same time.

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1. Competition

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involves both the place where an organism lives and the roles that an organism has in its habitat

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niche

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one organism captures and feeds on another organism

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3. Predation

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any relationship in which two species live closely together

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Symbiosis