Ecology

Question 1

Ecology

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Ecology is the study of how living things interact with their environment and each other.

Question 2

Habitat

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The place where an organism lives is it’s habitat.

Question 3

Population

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A population is a group of organisms of the same species living in the same habitat.

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Community

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A community is all of the different populations that live in a habitat.

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Ecosystem

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An ecosystem is all the communities interacting with each other and their environment.

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Balance of Nature

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Overtime, the numbers and the types of species in an ecosystem reaches a steady state. This steady state is known as the balance of nature.

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Biome

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An ecosystem that extends over a very large area is called biome.

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Biosphere

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All of the Earth’s ecosystems together form one large ecosystem known as the biosphere.

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Abiotic

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Non-living: such as the temperature and the type of land.

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Biotic

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Living: the types of organisms that live there and how they affect each other.

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Competition

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Competition is the struggle between organisms for things that are in short supply, such as food, space, oxygen, water, light and mates.

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Predation

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Predation controls the number of organisms in an ecosystem.

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Predator

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Is an organism that hunts and kills another animal as a source of food.

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Prey

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Is an organism being hunted.

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Symbiosis

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Is a relationship between organisms of different species where at least one benefits.

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Interdependence

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When two organisms depend on each other for an important aspect of their survival it is called interdependence.

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Adaption

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When an organism develops characteristics that make it better suited to its habitat. Adaption is the result of evolution.

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Niche

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A niche is the role of an organism within a habitat.

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Food chain

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The way in which energy and nutrients are passed from one organism to another.

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Producer

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Green plant that makes their own food using photosynthesis (the sun)

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Consumer

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All other organisms after the producer, they either eat plants or other animals

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Decomposer

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Breaks down dead plants and animals. E.g. earthworm, fungi, bacteria.

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Food web

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Interconnecting food chains that show that all organisms in an ecosystem depend on each other for survival

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Pollution

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the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance which has harmful or poisonous effects.

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Conservation

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prevention of wasteful use of a resource.

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Waste management

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DescriptionWaste management are the activities and actions required to manage waste from its inception to its final disposal.