General
Living things in an ecosystem
What are BIOTIC FACTORS?
An organism that catches and eats prey
What is a PREDATOR?
Organisms that eat plants
What is a HERBIVORE?
All the groups of different species living in an area together
What is a COMMUNITY?
A group of interbreeding members of the same species that live in the same place
What is a POPULATION?
The study of interactions between the living and non-living parts of an ecosystem
What is ECOLOGY?
Relationships between living things in the ecosystem
What is SYMBIOSIS?
An alternate name for herbivore
What is a PRIMARY CONSUMER?
All of the living parts of the earth
What is the BIOSPHERE?
Population growth that is not limited by availability of resources
What is EXPONENTIAL GROWTH?
Drives the movement through the ecosystem of the most abundant and necessary molecule for life
What is the WATER CYCLE?
A relationship where one organism benefits but one is unaffected
What is COMMENSALISM?
Fungi and bacteria are examples of this
What is a DECOMPOSER?
All of the rock parts of the earth
What is the GEOSPHERE?
Populations are made up of?
What is MEMBERS OF THE SAME SPECIES?
The name for the result after ecological succession has ended
What is a CLIMAX COMMUNITY?
A relationship where both organisms benefit
What is MUTUALISM?
A diagram showing how energy is reduced as it passed through the food chain
What is a TROPHIC PYRAMID?
The progressive change in an ecosystem after a disruption
What is ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION?
The highest level of individuals in a species that can be supported by an environment
What is CARRYING CAPACITY?
Organisms in the soil that trap atmospheric nitrogen
What are NITROGEN-FIXING BACTERIA?
A dog and a flea are an example of this
What is PARASITISM?
These consumers break down dead matter internally
What are DETRITIVORES?
The first organisms to inhabit an ecosystem after a disturbance removes everything down to bare rock
What is a PIONEER SPECIES?
Factors that prevent a population from increasing if the number of individuals gets too high
What are DENSITY DEPENDENT LIMITING FACTORS?