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Terminology in Ecology

Flash Cards containing simple terms used in ecology

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A natural home of an organism where it lives and reproducesHabitat
Everything around a organism that affects the way of lifeEnvironment
Animals which feed on plantsHerbivores
Animals which feed on other animalsCarnivores
Animals which feed on insectsInsectivores
Animals which feed on both plants and animalsOmnivores
Animals which feed on dead organic matter.Scavengers
Animals that hunt other animals for their foodPredator
Animals that get hunted for foodPrey
A relationship between two organisms in with both benefitMutualism
A relationship between two kinds of organism in which one benefits while the other neither benefits or is harmed by it.Commensalism
A relationship involving two organisms in which one benefits while the other is harmed.Parasitism
A _______ is made up of one kind of organism living in a habitat, able to interbreed and reproduce.Population
Different populations of plants and animals living together in the same habitat make up a _________.Community
When different communities interact with one another and their physical environment, they form an ____________Ecosystem
A diagram representing food relationships among organisms in an ecosystemFood chain
Organisms that make their own foodFood producers
Organisms that eat other organisms for foodConsumers
An organism that feed directly on plantsPrimary consumer
An animal of plant in a food chainLink
A network of interconnected food chainsFood web
A diagram representing the number of different links in a food chainPyramid of numbers
Something that shows the mass of living matter at each level of the food chain.Pyramid of biomass
The class of organisms in a food chain that release the nutrients in bodies of dead organisms so that the nutrients are recycledDecomposers
The process of an organism changing for its survival is also known as __________Adaptation


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