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ECOLOGY & HUMAN IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT

ECOLOGY & HUMAN IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT. NONLIVING PARTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT. ABIOTIC. AN ORGANISM THAT PRODUCES ITS OWN FOOD; THE SOURCE OF ENERGY FOR ALL OTHER LIVING THINGS ON EARTH. AUTOTROPH. THE VARIETY OF SPECIES IN AN AREA. BIODIVERSITY.

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ECOLOGY & HUMAN IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT

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  1. ECOLOGY & HUMAN IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT

  2. NONLIVING PARTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT

  3. ABIOTIC

  4. AN ORGANISM THAT PRODUCES ITS OWN FOOD; THE SOURCE OF ENERGY FOR ALL OTHER LIVING THINGS ON EARTH

  5. AUTOTROPH

  6. THE VARIETY OF SPECIES IN AN AREA

  7. BIODIVERSITY

  8. ALL OF EARTH’S ECOSYSTEMS COLLECTIVELY, INCLUDING LAND, WATER AND AIR

  9. BIOSPHERE

  10. THE LIVING PARTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT

  11. BIOTIC

  12. AN ORGANISM THAT SURVIVES BY EATING ANIMALS

  13. CARNIVORE

  14. THE LARGEST POPULATION OF ANY SINGLE SPECIES THAT AN AREA CAN SUPPORT

  15. CARRYING CAPACITY

  16. A COMBINATION OF ALL THE DIFFERENT POPULATIONS THAT LIVE AND INTERACT IN THE SAME ENVIRONMENT

  17. COMMUNITY

  18. THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN ORGANISMS FOR THE SAME LIMITED RESOURCES IN IN A PARTICULAR AREA

  19. COMPETITION

  20. AN ORGANISM THAT OBTAINS ITS ENERGY FROM PRODUCERS

  21. CONSUMER

  22. AN ORGANISM, GENERALLY A BACTERIUM OR FUNGUS, THAT CONSUMES DEAD ORGANISMS AND ORGANIC WASTE

  23. DECOMPOSER

  24. THE STUDY OF HOW LIVING THINGS INTERACT WITH ONE ANOTHER AND WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENT

  25. ECOLOGY

  26. THE SPECIFIC ROLE PLAYED BY AN ORGANISM OR A POPULATION OF ORGANISMS IN THE ECOSYSTEM

  27. ECOLOGICAL NICHE

  28. THE PROCESS BY WHICH AN EXISTING COMMUNITY IS REPLACED BY ANOTHER COMMUNITY

  29. ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION

  30. ALL THE LIVING AND NONLIVING THINGS THAT INTERACT IN A SPECIFIC AREA; A SUBDIVISION OF THE ENVIRONMENT

  31. ECOSYSTEM

  32. THE DIAGRAM SHOWING HOW FOOD ENERGY MOVES THROUGH THE ECOSYSTEM

  33. ENERGY PYRAMID

  34. EVERY LIVING AND NONLIVING THING THAT SURROUNDS AN ORGANISM

  35. ENVIRONMENT

  36. A REPRESENTATION THAT IDENTIFIES THE SPECIFIC FEEDING RELATIONSHIPS

  37. FOOD CHAIN

  38. A REPRESENTATION OF MANY INTERCONNECTED FOOD CHAINS THAT SHOWS THE FEEDING RELATIONSHIPS AMONG PRODUCERS, CONSUMERS, AND DECOMPOSERS

  39. FOOD WEB

  40. THE PLACE WHERE AN ANIMAL OR PLANT LIVES

  41. HABITAT

  42. AN ORGANISM THAT EATS ONLY PLANTS

  43. HERBIVORE

  44. ORGANISM THAT CANNOT MAKE ITS OWN FOOD; CONSUMERS

  45. HETEROTROPH

  46. THE ORGANISM IN A PARASITIC RELATIONSHIP THAT PROVIDES A HOMEAND/OR FOOD FOR THE PARASITE

  47. HOST

  48. ANY FACTOR IN THE ENVIRONMENT THAT LIMITS THE SIZE OF A POPULATION

  49. LIMITING FACTORS

  50. AN ORGANISM THAT SURVIVES BY LIVING AND FEEDING ON OTHER ORGANISMS

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