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species

Published on Mar 07, 2016

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

species

members of populations that actually or potentially inbred in nature not 

habitat

location in an environment where an organism lives

population

 summation of all the organisms of the same group or species

community

interacting group of various species in a common location

ecosystem

community of living organisms called producers, consumers, and decomposers

ecology

relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings

autotroph

organism that produces complex organic compounds

heterotroph

an animal that can make its own food supply 

consumers

feeds on others organisms 

producers

produce food through photosynthesis 

detritivores

 feeds on dead organic material

saprotrophs

obtain their nutrition from non-living organic material

trophic levels

 feeding position in a food chain such

food chains

series of organisms interrelated in their feeding habits

food web

series of organisms related by predator-prey and consumer-resource interactions

quadrat

 rectangular plot of land used to isolate a sample and determine the percentage of organisms in the area 

chi-square test

 statistical test used to compare expected data with what we collected

mesocosm

outdoor system that examines natural environment under controlled conditions