Ecology Vocab

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Producer

An organism that can make its own food.

<p>An organism that can make its own food.</p>
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Consumer

An organism that eats other organisms

<p>An organism that eats other organisms</p>
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Decomposer

An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms

<p>An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms</p>
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photosynthesis

a process used by plants to make their own food from the sun's energy

<p>a process used by plants to make their own food from the sun&apos;s energy</p>
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Ecosystem

A community of organisms and their abiotic environment

<p>A community of organisms and their abiotic environment</p>
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Biotic

living things

<p>living things</p>
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Abiotic

Non-living things

<p>Non-living things</p>
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carrying capacity

Largest number of individuals of a population that a environment can support

<p>Largest number of individuals of a population that a environment can support</p>
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limiting factor

An environmental factor that prevents a population from increasing

<p>An environmental factor that prevents a population from increasing</p>
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trophic level

Each step in a food chain, food web, or an energy pyramid

<p>Each step in a food chain, food web, or an energy pyramid</p>
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Herbivore (Primary Consumer)

A consumer that eats plants for energy

<p>A consumer that eats plants for energy</p>
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Omnivore

Consumers that eat both plants and animals.

<p>Consumers that eat both plants and animals.</p>
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Carnivore

A consumer that eats only animals.

<p>A consumer that eats only animals.</p>
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food web

A community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains

<p>A community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains</p>
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Equilibrium

A state of balance

<p>A state of balance</p>
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Biodiversity

the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

<p>the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.</p>
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predator-prey relationship

Interaction between two organisms of different species in which one organism captures and feeds on parts or all of another organism

<p>Interaction between two organisms of different species in which one organism captures and feeds on parts or all of another organism</p>
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Parasite-host relationship

when one organism feeds on another organism without killing it

<p>when one organism feeds on another organism without killing it</p>
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apex predator

the predator on the top of the food web

<p>the predator on the top of the food web</p>
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