ENY 3005 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Arthropod Cuticle, Subsoil, Topsoil
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Unit objectives: define ecology and related terms, build a simple food web using only insects for the primary, secondary and tertiary trophic levels. Ecology: the totality or pattern of relations between organisms and their environment. Environment: the surroundings or conditions in which a living organism lives or operates. Biotic: relating to or resulting from living things, especially in their ecological relations. Abiotic: non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment. Habitat: natural home or environment of a living organism. Niche: role an organism plays in a community. Population: group of organisms of a species that interbreed and live in the same place at the same time. Community: interacting group of various species in a common location. Ecosystem: system that includes all living organisms (biotic factors) in an area as well as its physical environment (abiotic factors) Litter: partly decayed leaves and other plant parts.
