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Ecology Latest 2023 Already Passed Population A group of individuals of the same species living in the same area. Community A group of populations living in the same area. Ecosystem The interrel... ationships between the organisms in a community and their physical environment. Biosphere It includes all the regions of the earth that contain living things. Habitat The type of place where it usually lives. It includes the other organisms that live there as well as the physical and chemical characteristics of the environment. Carrying Capacity The maximum number of individuals of a population that can be sustained by a particular habitat. Limiting Factors Elements that prevent a population from attaining its biotic potential. Abiotic Factors factors are the non-living parts of an organism's habitat. Soil, Water, Air, Temperature, and Sunlight. Biotic Factors The living parts of an ecosystem. Usually include: producer, consumers, decomposers, and human influence. Mutualism A relationship between two species in which both species benefit. Primary Producers They convert solar energy into a form that can be used by the rest of the community. Aka autotrophs. Heterotrophs Species that obtain energy by breaking apart organic compounds that have been assembled by other organisms. (Herbivores) Primary Consumers Heterotrophs that dine on primary producers... aka herbivores. Secondary Consumers Primary carnivores... those that consume herbivores. Tertiary Consumers Those that consume secondary consumers Trophic Levels The feeding positions: primary producers and primary, secondary, and tertiary consumers. A group of organisms united by obtaining their energy from the same part of the food web. Omnivores They feed on both plants and animals. (feed from multiple trophic levels.) Decomposers Feed on waste products or dead bodies of organisms... Largely responsible for the recycling of materials within ecosystems. They break down organic matter into inorganic components that primary producers can absorb. commensalism A symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected Parasitism A symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is harmed Herbivores Consumers that eat only plants Carnivores Consumers that eat only animals transpiration evaporation of water from a plant Add or Remove Terms [Show More]

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