unit test 1 part 2 Flashcards
sybiotic relationships
competition- when two organisims fight for the same resource
predation- when one organisim hunts another
mutalism- when two organisms depend on eachother and both benifit
coomensualism- when one organism relys on the other while the other is unharmed
parasitism- one organism lives on or in a host and feeds on it
population
the total number of one living species in a area
commuinites
all the differen populations from a enviorment
ecosystems
all the living and non living organisms and there physical and chemical enviorment
gaia hypothesis
scientific ideal that states the earth acts like a living cell
limiting factor
any factor that restricts the size of a population
tolerance range
the abiotic conditions within which a species can survive
carrying capacity
the maximum population size of particular species
agroecosysytems
large food production operations (LFPO)
leaching
the process by which nutrients are removed from soil