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4 th Period Ecology Vocabulary. Coach Andrews. Ashton. Ecosystem Communities living in a similar habitat Symbiosis Close relationship between 2 different species. Carlos. Herbivore Feeds only on plants, producers and autotrophs Elephants, cow Carnivore Feeds only on animals Lions.
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4th Period Ecology Vocabulary Coach Andrews
Ashton • Ecosystem • Communities living in a similar habitat • Symbiosis • Close relationship between 2 different species
Carlos • Herbivore • Feeds only on plants, producers and autotrophs • Elephants, cow • Carnivore • Feeds only on animals • Lions
Alicia • Omnivore • Eats plants and animals • Human, bear • Decomposer • Feeds on dead plants and animals • Fungi, bacteria
Michelle • Consumer • Organism that feeds on plants or other animals • Trophic Level • Class of organism that occupy the same position in a food chain such as primary, secondary and tertiary.
Sierra • Secondary Consumer • Carnivore that only feeds on herbivore • Tertiary Consumer • Animal that is second to the top of a food chain that feeds on other carnivores or secondary consumers
Mia • Ecological Succession • Process by which an ecological community undergoes more or less orderly and predictable changes following a disturbance. • Biomass • Biological material from organisms as an energy source
Haleigh • Detrivore • Organisms that feed on other dead organism • Crow, Buzzard • Producer • Organism that makes their own food through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis.
T Jay • Food Web • Several food chains, more realistic view of an ecosystem • Food Pyramid • Graphic representation of the structure of a food chain. Broad base of producers tapering to a point of consumes
Krista • Autotroph • Any organism capable of self nourishment by using inorganic materials as a source of nutrients. • Grass, trees, flowers • Heterotroph • Organism requiring organic compounds for its principle source of food. • People, cows, animals
Sefra • Abiotic factors • Non living factors of an ecosystem • Biotic factors • Living factors of an ecosystem
Lateasha • Predation • Preying of one animal on others • Parasitism • Relation between two different kinds of organisms in which one receives benefits from the other by causing damage to the other
Paige • Limiting factor • Any biotic or abitotic factor that restricts the existence of an organism in an ecosystem. • Sunlight, Soil, water • Carrying Capacity • Number of organisms of a species that an environment can support • Cows on a farm
Tinikia • Pioneer Species • Repopulate an are after a disturbance • Top Predator • Animal that does not have any natural predators