Competition where organisms of the same species compete for the limited resources
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Interspecific Competition
Competition where organisms of different species compete for the limited resources
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Abiotic Factors
Non-living factors that affect living species, e.g. water, temperature, pH
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Biotic Factors
Living factors that affect living species, e.g. food, competition, predators
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Niche
A role of an organism in a community, e..g what it eats, what eats it
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Individual
Each population is made up of many individuals. The genetic and physiological adaptations of an individual organism to environment is an important aspect of ecology
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Populations
A population is made up of all the members of a single species living together in the same place at the same time
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Community
A group of different species that occurs in the same place at the same time
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Ecosystem
A self-contained unit made up of biotic and abiotic factors interacting
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Biome
A large, naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat
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Biosphere
The volume of the Earth's surface where organisms can be found
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Ecology
The study of inter-relationships between organisms and their environment
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Habitat
The place within an ecosystem where a particular population is found
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Environment
Sum of all the conditions in the ecosystem outside the organism
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Competition where organisms of different species compete for the limited resources
Back
Interspecific Competition
Card 3
Front
Non-living factors that affect living species, e.g. water, temperature, pH
Back
Card 4
Front
Living factors that affect living species, e.g. food, competition, predators
Back
Card 5
Front
A role of an organism in a community, e..g what it eats, what eats it
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