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17 Cards in this Set
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ecosystem
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a community interacting with the environment
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producer
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living things that make or produce their own food
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decomposer
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living things that get their own matter from breaking downdead matter into simpler chemicals
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niche
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the job of the organism in the community
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prey
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the animal that the predator kills and eats
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consumer
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living things that eat or consumer other living things
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habitat
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the place where a plant or animal lives
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predator
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an animal that hunts, kills, and eats another animal
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herbivore
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a living thing that eats only plants
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omnivore
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a living thing that eats plants AND animals
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carnivore
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a living thing that eats only other animals (meat)
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abiotic
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nonliving parts of an ecosystem
climate,temperature,rainfall, sun and seasonal changes influence what living things are found in an ecosystem. |
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biotic
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living parts of an ecosystem
producers, decomposers, consumers (herbivore,carnivore,omnivore) |
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mutualism
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both organisms benefit
cleaner fish and sharks |
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commensalism
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one organism benefits, other is unaffected
clown fish and sea anemone |
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parasitism
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one organism benefits another one is harmed
leech or tapeworm hunmans |
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predation
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predator prey relationship
example fox and rabbet and hawk and mouse |
