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| 9071879444 | Biosphere | The largest level of ecological organization | 0 | |
| 9071879445 | Abiotic factor | Nonliving factor inside an ecosystem | 1 | |
| 9071879446 | Population | Groups of organisms of the same species that live in the same place at the same time | 2 | |
| 9071879447 | Ecosystem | A collection of different communities as well as abiotic factors | 3 | |
| 9071879448 | The sun | Ultimate energy source for all living organisms | 4 | |
| 9071879449 | Autotroph (producer) | Organism that is able to make its own food | 5 | |
| 9071879450 | Decomposer | Breaks down dead organic matter | 6 | |
| 9071879451 | 10% | Amount of energy transferred from one trophic level to the next | 7 | |
| 9071879452 | Mutualism | Two species live together...both benefit | 8 | |
| 9071879453 | Predator-prey relationship | One species hunts and kills another species | 9 | |
| 9071879454 | Omnivore | Eats both plants and animals | 10 | |
| 9071879455 | Exponential growth |  | 11 | |
| 9071879456 | Logistic growth |  | 12 | |
| 9071879457 | Pioneer species | The first organisms to grow successfully in a newly formed rock formation | 13 | |
| 9071879458 | Primary succession |  | 14 | |
| 9071879459 | Secondary succession |  | 15 | |
| 9071879460 | Climax community | Form when succession slows down and a stable community is established. Little to no species change | 16 | |
| 9071879461 | Carnivore | Eats only meat | 17 | |
| 9071879462 | Herbivore | Eats only plants | 18 | |
| 9071879463 | Heterotroph (consumer) | Organism that must eat other organisms for food/energy | 19 | |
| 9071879464 | Parasitism | Two organisms live together...one is benefited while the other is harmed | 20 | |
| 9071879465 | Commensalism | Two organisms live together...one is benefited while the other is unaffected | 21 | |
| 9071879466 | Soil bacteria | Responsible for "fixing nitrogen" and recycling it back into the atmosphere | 22 | |
| 9071879467 | Carrying capacity | The maximum number of organisms that an environment can support |  | 23 |
| 9071879468 | Ecological succession | The regular progression of species replacement in an environment | 24 | |
| 9071879469 | Limiting factors | Components of an environment that can reduce a population size | 25 | |
| 9071879470 | Community | A collection of all of the various populations occupying a single area | 26 | |
| 9071879471 | Nitrogen | Makes up 80% of the atmosphere | 27 | |
| 9071879472 | Nitrification | Process of converting atmospheric nitrogen (N2) into nitrates | 28 | |
| 9071879473 | Denitrification | Process of converting nitrates into atmospheric nitrogen (N2) | 29 | |
| 9071879474 | Decomposer | Breaks down dead organic matter | 30 | |
| 9071879475 | Producer | Organisms that make their own food (autotrophs). | 31 | |
| 9071879476 | Primary Consumer | Organisms that eat autotrophs. They are herbivores. | 32 | |
| 9071879477 | Secondary Consumer | Largely feed on primary consumers. Includes omnivores and carnivores. | 33 | |
| 9071879478 | Tertiary Consumer | Largely feeds on carnivores or secondary consumers. | 34 | |
| 9071879479 | Apex Predator | Each food chain end with a top predator, an animal with no natural enemies. | 35 | |
| 9071879480 | biome | a very large ecological areas on the earth's surface, with animals and plants adapting to their environment |  | 36 |
| 9071879481 | ecosystem | everything that exists in a particular environment; living and non-living (abiotic factors) |  | 37 |
| 9071879482 | pyramid of energy | a graphical model of energy flow in a community shaped like pyramids because of the loss of energy between different levels |  | 38 |
| 9071879483 | community | groups of different species interacting in an area |  | 39 |
| 9071879484 | species | a group of animals or plants that are similar and can reproduce (have babies) |  | 40 |
| 9071879485 | food chain | a series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food |  | 41 |
| 9071879486 | trophic level | organisms are on the same level of the food chain; have the same function (both mice and ants eat grass-primary consumer) Organisms in a food web can occupy more than one trophic level organisms should be positioned at their highest trophic level |  | 42 |
| 9071879487 | biotic factors | Anything in an ecosystem that originates from living things interactions between organisms |  | 43 |
| 9071879488 | population | a group of organisms of the same species that live in a place |  | 44 |
| 9071879489 | food web | a series of organisms related by predator-prey and consumer-resource interactions 1. Organisms can have more than one food source 2. Organisms can have more than one predator |  | 45 |
| 9071879490 | abiotic factors | Non-living chemical and physical parts of an environment Environmental conditions some examples include Light (sun) temperature, salinity, rainfall, wind velocity, soil pH, |  | 46 |
| 9071879491 | niche | the way in which an organism fits into an ecological community or ecosystem |  | 47 |
| 9071879492 | nutrient cycle | when organic and inorganic material change back to living matter |  | 48 |
| 9071879493 | producers | use photosynthesis (using light energy) or chemosynthesis (using chemical energy) to make organic compounds |  | 49 |
| 9071879494 | consumer | organisms of a food chain that get energy by eating other organisms |  | 50 |
| 9071879495 | inorganic nutrients | nutrients that do not have carbon (water and minerals) |  | 51 |
| 9071879496 | autotroph | synthesise organic molecules from simple inorganic substances Make their own food from non-living substances |  | 52 |
| 9071879497 | saprotrophs | an organism that feeds on decaying organic matter an organism that lives on or in non-living organic matter, secreting digestive enzymes into it and absorbing the products of digestion. |  | 53 |
| 9071879498 | detritivores | an animal which feeds on dead organic material |  | 54 |
| 9071879499 | heterotroph | An organism that cannot make its own food and instead gets its food and energy by taking in organic substances, usually plant or animal matter They eat other living things Can be classified by their feeding patterns |  | 55 |
| 9071879500 | trophic efficiency | percentage (%) of energy transferred from one trophic level to the next |  | 56 |
| 9071879501 | ten percent rule | an average of 10% of energy is passed on to the next trophic level |  | 57 |
| 9071879502 | detritus | the pieces that are left (i.e. when a living organism dies) |  | 58 |
| 9071879503 | habitat | the environment where a species normally lives, or the location of a living organism |  | 59 |
| 9071879504 | ecology | the study of the relationship between living organisms, or between living organisms and their environment |  | 60 |
| 9071879505 | symbiosis | when two organisms interact and are together |  | 61 |
| 9071879506 | mutualims | symbiosis when both organisms benefit |  | 62 |
| 9071879507 | commensalism | symbiosis when one organism benefits and the other doesn't either benefit nor harm |  | 63 |
| 9071879508 | parasitism | a parasite lives within or on something else |  | 64 |
| 9071879509 | intraspecific | within species |  | 65 |
| 9071879510 | interspecific | between species | 66 | |
| 9071879511 | primary consumers | feed on producers and hence occupy the second trophic level | 67 | |
| 9071879512 | secondary consumer | eat primary consumer | 68 | |
| 9071879513 | trietary consumer | eat secondary consumer | 69 | |
| 9071879514 | photoautotrophic | they use sunlight as a source of energy This makes light the initial source of energy for almost all communities |  | 70 |
| 9071879515 | Pyramid of Biomass | shows the total mass of organisms at each stage of a food chain |  | 71 |
| 9071879516 | A pyramid of numbers | shows the relative number of organisms at each stage of a food chain Shaped like pyramid because less organisms higher the trophic level |  | 72 |
| 9071879517 | swamp | An area of low-lying, uncultivated ground where water collects; a bog or marsh. | 73 | |
| 9071879518 | vaporize | Convert or be converted into vapour. | 74 |
