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42 Cards in this Set
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Aerobic Respiration |
Respiration in which oxygen is used and carbon dioxide and water are produced |
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Anaerobic Respiration/Fermentation |
A form of respiration that does not use oxygen |
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Biomass |
The total mass of living or once living organisms in an ecosystem |
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Biomes |
A large naturally occurring ecosystem of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat |
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Biosphere |
The living or once living things on earth, the organisms |
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Cell Theory |
Theory that cells make up every living organism |
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Cells |
Microorganisms that make up all living things |
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Chemosynthesys |
The synthesis of organic compounds by bacteria or other living organisms using energy derived from reactions involving inorganic chemicals, creating energy from chemicals like how photosynthesis works in plants |
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Biological Community |
An interacting group of various species in a common location. |
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Consumer |
An organism that eats other organisms |
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Detrius |
Organic matter produced by the decomposition of organisms |
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Detritovore |
An animal that feeds on dead organic material |
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Ecological Efficiency |
The amount of energy that is transferred from one trophic level to the next |
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Ecology |
Branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings |
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Ecosystem |
A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment |
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Eukaryotic Cell |
A cell with a nucleus in a nuclear membrane |
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Food Chain |
Series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food |
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Food Web |
A complex food chain, where organisms are eaten by more than one other organism |
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Genetic Diversity |
The total number of genetic characteristics in the genetic makeup of a species |
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Geosphere |
The solid portion of the earth, the crust and the upper mantle |
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GPP |
The total amount of energy produced by producers |
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Habitat |
The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism |
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Hydrosphere |
All the waters on the earth's surface and in the atmosphere |
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Limiting Factor Principle |
The factor that will limit the growth of a population |
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NPP |
The amount of energy that is able to travel up an energy pyramid left after a producer uses a portion of it |
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GPP |
The total amount of energy that producers create |
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Habitat |
The natural environment where an organism lives |
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Hydrosphere |
All of the water on earth's surface and in the atmosohere |
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Limiting Factor Principle |
The factor that limits the growth of a population |
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NPP |
The energy available to travel up the energy pyramid after the producer has used a portion of it |
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Omnivores |
Organisms that eat both meat and vegetation |
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Population |
A group of similar organisms living in one area |
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Herbivores |
Organisms that eat producers, and do not eat meat |
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Producer |
An organism who creates its own energy, makes up the base of the energy pyramid |
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Prokaryotic Cell |
A cell without a nucleus |
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Pyramid of Energy Flow |
A pyramid that shows how energy moves throughout a food chain/web, upwards |
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Range of Tolerance |
The range of factors that an organism can comfortably live in |
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Carnivores |
Organisms that eat primary consumers, or herbivores |
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Photosynthesis |
The creation of energy from the sun, most producers do this |
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Species |
A group of organisms who are similar and can produce fertile offspring |
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Third level consumers |
Carnivores who eat second level consumers, third level of energy pyramid |
