Ecology

Question	Answer
ecology	scientific study of how organisms interact with each other and their enviornment
ecosystem	definable area containing a self sustained community of organisms interacting with their no living environment
habitat	a habitat is the part of an ecosystem where individual organisms live
niche	describes the role of an organism in an ecosystem where individual organisms live
abiotic factors	tides, water temperature and wave action
biotic factors	abundant seaweeds provide shelter and food
competition	struggle between two or more organisms for limited resources
parasitism	the parasite lives in or on the host, depends on host for food and causes harm to the host
symbiosis	where two different organisms live in close association in which it provides advantage to both
pollution	release of substances or energy into the environment in large quantities that harm the natural inhabitants
conservation	is a series of measures designed to retain viable populations of species in their ecosystem

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