Transcript Ecology Hangman

Ecology Hangman
Large areas around the Earth that
have similar plants, rainfall,
and temperature
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BIOMES
• These organisms feed on other
dead organisms
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SCAVENGERS
• These organisms eat autotrophs
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• HERBIVORES
• These organisms feed on plants
and animals
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• OMNIVORES
• These organisms eat meat
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• CARNIVORES
Where an organism lives
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HABITAT
An organism’s role in it’s ecosystem
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NICHE
Challenges between species and
among different species for food,
water, shelter in an ecosystem
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COMPETITION
Organisms that have similar
characteristics and can reproduce
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SPECIES
Groups of the same species that
live together in an area
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POPULATION
All the different populations
in an ecosystem
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COMMUNITY
All abiotic and biotic factors
in an area
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ECOSYSTEM
Any abiotic or biotic factor in an
ecosystem that affects the
survival rates of organisms
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LIMITING FACTORS
Gradual change to an area
and it’s inhabitants (organisms)
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SUCCESSION
The initial stage an area would
undergo to begin creating soil
and introducing new organisms
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PRIMARY SUCCESSION
Regrowth of an area affected by
fire or other natural disasters
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SECONDARY SUCCESSION
A stable stage in ecological growth
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CLIMAX COMMUNITY