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Term
Introductory Vocabulary: Ecology
Definition
(TEKS 9D,12E)
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Abiotic
Autotroph
Biome
Biosphere
Biotic
Chemosynthesis
Community
Ecology
JSB 2009-2010
Ecosystem
Food chain
Food web
Heterotroph
Individual
Photosynthesis
Population
Species
Trophic level
Scientific study of interactions among organisms AND
interactions between organisms & their environment.
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Group of individuals of the same species that
live in the same area.
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Process by which certain bacteria use chemical energy
to produce sugar.
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Assemblage of different populations that live
together in a defined area.
Step-like series where organisms transfer energy by
eating & by being eaten.
Organism that obtains energy from the
foods it consumes.
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Group of similar organisms that can breed &
produce fertile offspring.
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Complex network of interactions formed by the feeding
relationships among many organisms.
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One animal or plant that is a single being
from an entire population.
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Process by which organisms use light energy to
convert water & carbon dioxide into oxygen & sugar.
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A single step in a food chain or a food web.
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Organism that can use sunlight to produce its own
food from inorganic compounds.
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All living factors in an environment.
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All organisms that live in a particular place along
with their nonliving environment.
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All nonliving factors in an environment.
Part of earth in which life exists including land,
water & the atmosphere.
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A group of ecosystems that have the same climate &
dominant communities.
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