POPULATIONS Flashcards

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Define population

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All the organisms of one species in a habitat

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Define habitat

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Place where an organism lives

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Community

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Populations of different species in a habitat make up a community

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Ecosystems

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All the organisms living in a particular area

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Define abiotic conditions

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NON-LIVING features

Temp + water

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Define ecology

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Study of interrelationship between organisms and their environment. Including both non living and living components

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Ecological niche

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How an organism fits into the environment

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Define predation

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Predator feed on prey

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Abiotic

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Non living factor of environment

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Biotic

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Living ecological factor

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Population growth

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(Births + immigration) - (deaths + emigration)

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