Biology Unit 5 - Abundance and Distribution

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Ecosystem?
All the organisms living in a particular area and all the abiotic factors
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Population?
All the organisms of one species in a habitat
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Community
All of the organisms of different species that live in the same habitat/interact with each other
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Abiotic?
Non-living (features of the ecosystem)
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Abundance
The number of individuals of one species in a particular area
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Distribution
Where a species is within a particular area
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Interspecific competition
Competition between species (different species)
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Intraspecific competition
Competition within a species (same species)
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What are they often competing for?
The same resources
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What is predation?
When an organism (predator) kills another organism (prey)
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Abiotic factors? (5)
Amount of sun, climate (rain, temp), pollution, oxygen conc, salinity
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Biotic factors? (4)
1) Competition 2) Grazing 3) Disease 4) Mutualism
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What is mutualism?
Is a relationship in which both partners benefit
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Each species occupies their own
Niche
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Card 2

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Population?

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All the organisms of one species in a habitat

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Community

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Card 4

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Abiotic?

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Card 5

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Abundance

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