Transcript Ecology Terms

Ecosystem
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All of the
living (biotic)
and nonliving
(abiotic)
things in an
area
What is
abiotic in this
ecosystem?
Biotic?
Species
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A group of
organisms that are
able to reproduce
and create fertile
offspring.
Ex: all the horses in
the world
Population
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A group of
individuals of the
same species in
one area
Ex: all of the dogs
in Lindsay
Immigration
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To enter and
settle in an
area to which
an organism is
not native
Emigration
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To leave an
area and settle
in another
area
Food web
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Diagram of
several
interconnected
food chains
Energy Pyramid
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Image of the
trophic (feeding)
levels in an
ecosystem
Producers/Autotrophs
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Auto = self
Troph = feed
Make sugar from
the sun's energy
through
photosynthesis
(some exceptions to this)
Example: plants,
trees, grass
Consumers/Heterotrophs
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Hetero = different,
other
Troph = feed
Cannot make their
own food, must
obtain nutrients from
eating consumers or
producers
3 types:
- Herbivore
- Carnivore
- Omnivore
Decomposers
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Break down
dead
organisms to
release
nutrients into
environment
Ex: bacteria
and fungi