the study of living things and their relationships with one another and with nonliving things | ||
Different ecosystems found in the same region | ||
a group of individuals of the same species in the same area | ||
A living thing that affects other living things | ||
A nonliving thing that affects the ecosystem | ||
All populations in an area | ||
All the nonliving and living things in one area | ||
All the different biomes together | ||
A single organism that belongs to a certain species | ||
Pattern of weather | ||
A living thing that affects other living things | ||
The number of organisms of a particular species that an environment can support | ||
The things that control the size of a population | ||
Human activities that affect the ecosystem | ||
Having enough producers to support the herbivores and enough herbivores to support the carnivores | ||
A nonliving thing that affects the ecosystem | ||
Treeless; permafrost ; arctic foxes ; very cold | ||
Humid ; warm and wet ; rains almost everyday | ||
Lots of evergreens ; longer winters | ||
Prairies; few trees ; pampas | ||
Hot days ; cold nights ; nocturnal animals ; little or no rain | ||
4 seasons; trees lose leaves in the winter | ||
An organism that feeds on other organisms | ||
The organism that the predator feeds on | ||
Water, carbon, carbon dioxide - oxygen, nitrogen | ||
Competing for needs | ||
Cooperating to meet needs | ||
The parasite lives on the host. The host gets nothing from the relationship. |
Ecology
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