Ecology

Question 1

Ecology

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The study of the interactions between living things and between organisms and their environment.

Question 2

Biosphere

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Part of the planet containing living organisms

Question 3

Ecosystem

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A group of organisms that interact with their environment

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Habitat

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A place where a plant or animal lives

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Population

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All members of the same species living in an area

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Community

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All the members of different population in an area

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Niche

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The functional role an organism plays in the community

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Scramble competition

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A struggle for a resource in limited supply

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Pollution

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Any harmful addition to the environment

Question 10

Conservation

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management of the environment

Question 11

Primary Consumers

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Animals that feed on producers

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Secondary Consumers

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Animals that feed on primary consumers

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Tertiary Consumers

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Animals that feed of secondary consumers

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Food Chain

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Sequence of organisms in which each one is eaten by the next member of the chain

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Trophic level

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A feeding stage in a food chain

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Food Web

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Consists of two or more interconnected food chains

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Pyramid of numbers

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Number of organisms at each trophic level

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Predation

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The catching, killing and eating of another organism

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Parasitism

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Two organisms of different species live close to each other and one organism obtains its food from the other organism causing it harm.