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ECOLOGY VOCABULARY TEST #2 DEFINE and give an EXAMPLE of each vocabulary term: 1. Population – a group of the same species in an area / all the squirrels in a forest 2. Limiting Factor – any biotic or abiotic factor that affects the survival of organisms / available food, water, shelter 3. Biomes – large areas around the world that have similar characteristics like plants, temperature, rainfall / rainforest 4. Secondary Succession – regrowth of an area affected by fire or other natural disasters / La. after Katrina 5. Herbivores – animals that only eat plants / grasshoppers 6. Biology – the study of life / learning about the life cycle of mosquitoes 7. Omnivores – organisms that eat plants and animals / bears 8. Carnivores – organisms that eat meat or other animals / lions 9. Abiotic – non-living / rocks 10. Ecosystem – all the abiotic and biotic factors in an area / a forest 11. Habitat – where an organism live / its home 12. Autotroph – organisms that make their own food using sunlight / rose bush 13. Competition – challenges between organisms for resources like food, water, shelter 2 14. Community – all the different populations in an area / all the white tail deer + all the live oak trees + all the banana spiders in a forest 15. Heterotroph – organisms that must eat/absorb their food crickets 16. Decomposer – organisms that eat and break down dead organisms / maggots 17. Climax Community – a stable stage in ecological growth / a hardwood forest in Ga. 18. Succession – gradual change to an area and its inhabitants / shrubs out competing grasses 19. Parasite – an organism that feeds off other living organisms / tape worm 20. Niche – an organism’s job or role / carnivore 21. Scavenger – an organism that eat dead organisms / buzzard 22. Biotic – living / cat 23. Primary Succession – the first stage an area would undergo to begin creating soil and introducing new organisms / lichens living on rocks 24. Species – organisms that are similar and can successfully interbreed / raccoons 25. Homeostasis – maintaining an internal balance or equilibrium / sweating to cool your body temperature down