Ecology Vocabulary (Quiz #3) Flashcards
Niche
Organisms role in its environment
Habitat
Physical chemical and biological factors of an environment
Community
Multiple species in the ecosystem
Symbiosis
To close relationships existing went to or more species live together
Commensalism
And if it’s one and doesn’t affect the other
Mutualism
Benefits both
Parasitism
Benefits one harms the other
Predation
Other organisms being ate and hunted
interspecific competition
Diff population/ecosystem organisms competing for resources
Competitive exclusion
Two spaces that compete for the same resources cannot coexist easily
Resource partitioning
Switching a resource
Keystone species
Large affect on its environment
HosT
Organism of her site and habits
Convolution
A change triggered by the change of a related objects
Camouflage
Defense tactic where they blend into the surroundings
Mimicry
Defense tactic word organism can resemble another
Ecological succession
The predicted replacement of an ecosystem committee
Pioneer species
First species in a community
Climax community
A stable community who can regenerate because of its characteristics
Exotic species/invasive’s exotics
Species that was brought to a place that is from a habitat
Native/indigenous species
Species native to its environment
Endangered species
Species that may go extinct unless protected
Primary producers
Producers
Consumers
Heterotrophic levels
