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Ecology

Alien species

Terrestrial

A species from another planet

Invasive speices

Limiting factors

Parasitism

when an organism tends to live off of another organism

Endangered

When a species is at risk of extinction

Extinction

Extirpated

when a species leaves one area for good but there still alive

Habitat loss

When a species losses their home/ where they were living

Population

Niche

When the population is small

Exponential growth

The growth of the world

insects

Small animal with six legs and sometimes a pair of wings

Animals

A living organism that can react to the world

Sustainable

WHen something can last a fairly long time

Humans

Cellular respiration

A process that breaks down glucose in the body

Keystone species

A dominant or a relied upon species

Succession

When something is passed down like the throne in a kingdom

Biodiversity

Consumers

#2 level consumer

Carnivore

A animal that only eats meat

Lion

Wolf

Leopard

Chettah

Hyena

what

Herbivores

An animal that only eats plants

Rhinos

Hippos

Deer

Omnivore

An animal that will eat anything

Pigs

Badgers

Bears

Foxes

Tropic efficiency

The efficiency in which mass is transferred from one predator to the next.

Tropic level

The position of an organism in the food chain

Predation

Dominant species

Land

Wolves

Tiggers

Bison

Zebras

Hyenas

Fox

Rabbits

Small birds

Mice

Insects

Frogs

Gophers

Bobcats

Coyotes

Lions

Food chains/ food web

Bioaccumulation vs Biomagnification

Dolphins

Sword fish

Tuna

Lampfish

Makrel

Pike

smaller fish

shrimp

Plankton

Bass

Salmon

Marlin

Orcas

Energy

A substance that powers things

Connectivity

Links between things

Ecological footprint

Restoration ecology

Aims to recreate ecosystems that have been destroyed

Bioaugmentation

The intro of microorganisms into a contaminated environment

Bioremediation

The use of living organisms to remove contaminants

Symbiosis

Overexploitation

Biocontrol

Using an organism to prevent damage from other organisms

Deforestation

WHen we cut down trees to make room for other things

Biome

A place where an organism makes home

Tundra

A flat dry place with little life

Forest

A place with lots of trees

Grassland

Long flat grassy land

Somewhere in water

Desert

Desertification

When an area drys up sometimes resulting in cracking

A group of living

A group of organisms living in the same place

Aquatic

Clams

Choral

Sea weed

Marine

A place involving water

Sharks

Whales

Fish

Ecosystem

Ecosystem engineer

An organism that directly or indirectly modulate the availability of resources

Habitat

commensalism

A relationship between two organisms in which one benefits and the other neither benefits nor derives.

Air habitat

Nests

Marine habitat

Sunken ships

Choral

Earth habitat

Hole/ Burrow

Jungle

Ecosystem services

The contribution of an ecosystem to a humans well being

Biosphere

Abiotic

Physical rather than biological

Lithosphere

Earths crust

Soil

Mountains

Atmosphere

Air

Ozone layer

Biotic

Relating to result in living things

Hydrosphere

Marine life

Water