A. Give the definitions of the following:

1. Ecology:
2. Ecosystem:
3. Detritus
4. Biosphere:
5. Abiotic:
6. Artificial Ecosystem:
7. Herbivore:
8. Biotic:
9. Natural Ecosystem:
10. Ecotones:
11. Community:
12. Biome:
13. Carnivore:
14. Decomposer:
15. Habitat:
16. Population:
17. Food Chain:
18. Producer:
19. Food Web:
20. Omnivore:
21. Consumer:
22. Trophic Level:
23. Top Carnivore:
24. Pest:
25. Pesticide:
26. Bioamplification:
27. Nitrification:
28. Denitrification:
29. Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria:
30. Biotic Potential:
31. Birth Potential:
32. Capacity for Survival:
33. Procreation:
34. Length of Reproductive Life:
35. Limiting Factors:
36. Carrying Capacity:
37. Law of the Minimum:
38. Law of Tolerance:
39. Density-independent Factor:
40. Density-dependent Factor:
41. Parasitism:
42. Mutualism:
43. Commensalism:
44. Ammensalism:
45. Predation:
46. Symbiosis:
47. Habitat:
48. Heterotrophs:
49. Autotrophs:
50. Thermodynamics:
51. Ecological Niche:
52. Nutrients: