Interactions of living things Flashcards

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The study of the time the interactions of living organisms with one another and with their environment

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ecology

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living factors in the environment

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biotic

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nonliving part of the environment

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abiotic

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a group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific area

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population

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all the populations of species that live in the same habitat

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community

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a community of organisms and their antibiotic envrinment

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ecosystem

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the part of earth where life exists

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biosphere

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eats only plants

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herbivore

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eats animals

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carnivore

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eats both plants and animals

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omnivore

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the pathway that energy goes through

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food chain

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diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem

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food web

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the largest population that an environment can support at any giving time

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carrying capacity

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an organism that is killed and eaten by another organism

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prey

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an organism that eats all or part of another organism

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predator

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a relationship in which two different organisms in close associate with each other

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symbiosis

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both species benefit

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mutalism

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one benefits the other is unaffected

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commensalism

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a relationship between two species in which one species the parasite, benefits from the other species, the host , which is harmed

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parasitism

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the evolution of two species that is due to mutual influence, often in a way

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coevolution