APES U1 - MODULE 1 VOCAB

Vocab from Unit 1, Module 1 of Macmillian learning

Community Ecology

The Study of interactions among species.

Symbiosis

Two species living in a close and long term association with one another in an ecosystem.

Biosphere

The region of our planet where life resides.

Competition

The struggle of individuals, either within or between species, to obtain a shared limited resource.

Competitive exclusion principle

The principle stating that two species competing for the same limited resource cannot coexist.

Predation

An interaction in which one animal typically kills and consumes another animal.

Parasitoid

A specialized type of predator that lays eggs inside other organisms — referred to as its host.

Resource Partitioning

When two species evolve to divide a resource based on differences in their behavior of morphology.

Paratism

An interaction in which one organism lives on or in another organism, referred to as the host.

Pathogen

A parasite that causes disease in it’s host.

Herbivory

An interaction in which an animal consumes plants or algae.

Mutualism

An interaction between two species that increases the chances of survival or reproduction for both species.

Photosynthesis

The process by which plants and algae use solar energy to convert to carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen.

Commensalism

An interaction between 2 species in which one species benefits and the other species is neither helped or harmed.

Native Species

A species that lives in it’s historical range, typically where it has lived for thousands or millions of years.

Exotic Species

A species living outside it’s historical range, also known as alien species

Invasive species

A species that spreads rapidly across large areas and causes harm.