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Ecology Vocabulary Review Get out vocab sheet. Ecology: The study of how living things interact with nature
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Ecosystems The study of how living things interact with nature
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Abiotic Non Living parts of the environment
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Biotic The living parts of the environment
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Symbiosis A relationship where two different species live closely and interact often.
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Mutualism A type of symbiosis is when two species help each other.
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Commensalism A type of symbiosis when one species benefits from another but the second species isn’t affected
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Parasitism A type of relationship where one organism benefits while harming the other organism.
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Carrying Capacity The maximum number of organisms of a species an ecosystem can hold
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Limiting Factor The scarcest resource or the one that runs out first that causes a population to decline.
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Adaptation A trait that helps an organism survive.
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Predator An organism that hunts others for food
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Prey An organism that is hunted for food
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Coevolution When a relationship between two species causes them both to adapt.
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Population All of the members of a species in an area
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Ecosystem A community of organisms and their environment.
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Biosphere All of the living space on earth.
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Community All of the different organisms of different groups in an area
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Competition When two organisms fight over the same resources
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