Ecology

Explore ecosystems and environmental interactions.

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Ecology

The study of interactions between organisms and their environment.

Population

A group of organisms of the same species living in a specific area.

Niche

The role an organism plays in its environment.

Ecosystem

A community of living organisms and their physical environment.

Photosynthesis

The process by which plants produce energy from sunlight.

Producers

Organisms that can create their own food using light or chemical energy.

Consumers

Organisms that get energy by consuming other organisms.

Decomposers

Organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms.

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Ecology

The study of interactions between organisms and their environment.

The study of interactions between organisms and their environment.

Ecology

Population

A group of organisms of the same species living in a specific area.

A group of organisms of the same species living in a specific area.

Population

Niche

The role an organism plays in its environment.

The role an organism plays in its environment.

Niche

Ecosystem

A community of living organisms and their physical environment.

A community of living organisms and their physical environment.

Ecosystem

Photosynthesis

The process by which plants produce energy from sunlight.

The process by which plants produce energy from sunlight.

Photosynthesis

Producers

Organisms that can create their own food using light or chemical energy.

Organisms that can create their own food using light or chemical energy.

Producers

Consumers

Organisms that get energy by consuming other organisms.

Organisms that get energy by consuming other organisms.

Consumers

Decomposers

Organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms.

Organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms.

Decomposers

Food Chain

A linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass.

A linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass.

Food Chain

Food Web

A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.

A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.

Food Web

Energy Flow

The transfer of energy from producers through a series of organisms by consumption.

The transfer of energy from producers through a series of organisms by consumption.

Energy Flow

Trophic Levels

The hierarchical levels of a food chain where organisms share the same function and nutritional relation to the primary sources of energy.

The hierarchical levels of a food chain where organisms share the same function and nutritional relation to the primary sources of energy.

Trophic Levels

Water Cycle

The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back.

The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back.

Water Cycle

Carbon Cycle

The process by which carbon is recycled in the ecosystem.

The process by which carbon is recycled in the ecosystem.

Carbon Cycle

Nitrogen Cycle

The process by which nitrogen is converted between its various chemical forms.

The process by which nitrogen is converted between its various chemical forms.

Nitrogen Cycle

Biomes

A large community of plants and animals that occupies a distinct region.

A large community of plants and animals that occupies a distinct region.

Biomes

Biodiversity

The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

Biodiversity

Keystone Species

A species on which other species in an ecosystem largely depend.

A species on which other species in an ecosystem largely depend.

Keystone Species

Habitat

The natural environment in which a species lives.

The natural environment in which a species lives.

Habitat

Habitat Loss

The process in which natural habitat is rendered functionally unable to support the species present.

The process in which natural habitat is rendered functionally unable to support the species present.

Habitat Loss

Competition

The rivalry between or among living things for territory, resources, goods, mates, etc.

The rivalry between or among living things for territory, resources, goods, mates, etc.

Competition

Symbiosis

The interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association.

The interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association.

Symbiosis

Ecological Succession

The process of change in the species structure of an ecological community over time.

The process of change in the species structure of an ecological community over time.

Ecological Succession

Conservation

The study of the loss of Earth's biological diversity and the ways this loss can be prevented.

The study of the loss of Earth's biological diversity and the ways this loss can be prevented.

Conservation

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