Key Definitions — Learn These EXACTLY!
This key facts covers Key Definitions — Learn These EXACTLY! within Ecosystems Communities for GCSE Biology. Topic 1: Ecosystems Communities It is section 2 of 15 in this topic. Use this key facts to connect the idea to the wider topic before moving on to questions and flashcards.
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Section 2 of 15
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30 questions
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📌 Key Definitions — Learn These EXACTLY!
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ECOSYSTEM — The interaction of a community of living organisms (biotic) with the non-living (abiotic) parts of their environment.
Example: A pond ecosystem includes fish, plants, insects (biotic) plus water, rocks, temperature, light (abiotic)
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COMMUNITY — All the different species living and interacting in an ecosystem.
Example: All the fish, frogs, plants, bacteria, etc. in the pond = the pond community
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POPULATION — All the organisms of ONE species living in an area.
Example: All the goldfish in the pond = the goldfish population
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HABITAT — The place where an organism lives.
Example: The muddy bottom of the pond is the habitat for certain worms
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INTERDEPENDENCE — Species in a community depend on each other for food, shelter, pollination, seed dispersal, etc.
Example: Bees need flowers for nectar; flowers need bees for pollination
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Practice Questions for Ecosystems Communities
What is a community in ecology?
Explain what is meant by interdependence in an ecosystem.
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