Ecology Vocabulary Terms

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Ecology is important because it is the interactions between organisms in their environments, and can determine distribution and abundance of organisms. Abiotic's are important because they are all the nonliving chemical and physical factors. Biotic's are important because they are all the organisms that are in any environment. Ecosystem is important because it makes up all the abiotic and biotic organisms in the biome. Climate is an abiotic factor that usually affect organism in ecology. Population is important because a group of individuals that live in a specific area. Biomes are important because it's one of the worlds major ecosystems that is characterized by adaptions of organisms to an environment. Biomass is important because it's organic matter comprising organisms in a habitat. Taxis is the animal's behavior when exposed to all the abiotic factors surrounding it. Kinesis is forced to work with the other abiotic factors. Keystone Species is important because they are what biomes need to stay stable. FAP ( fixed action pattern ) is important because it's the sequence of behavioral acts which is unchangeable. Associative Learning is important because it describes the behaviors of organisms that were learned with other species. Commensalism is important because it's when one species benefits while the other one also benefits. Imprinting is important because it's what an animal first learns.