Biology Topic 5 Ecology And Evolution

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Ecology

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The study of relationships between living organisms and between organisms and their environment.

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Ecosystem

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A community and its abiotic environment

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Population

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A group of organisms of the same species who live in the same area at the same time

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Community

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A group of populations living and interacting with each other in an area

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Species

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A group of orgnisms which can interbreed and produce fertile offspring

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Habitat

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The environment in which a species normally lives or the location of a living organism

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Autotroph

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Organisms that use an external energy source to produce organic matter from inorganic raw materials (e.g. trees, plants, algae, blue-green bacteria

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Heterotroph

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(Consumer) organisms that use energy in organic matter, obtained from other organisms

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Fragmentation

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Biology: Ecosystems being broken up to smakker parts which affect the diversification of species