Bio Vocab

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herbivore

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consumers of plants

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carnivore

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consumer of flesh and animals

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omnivore

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consumers of meats and plants

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predator

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organisms that hunt

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prey

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organisms consumed by predator

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scavenger

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organism that feeds on animal killed by another

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biomass pyramid

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mass of organisms organized so that biomass is greatest at the bottom where most eat and less at the top.

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rule of 10 to 1

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for each 10kg of animals there is 1 animal that will eat it.

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numbers pyramid

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pyramid showing population of each species in each trophic level

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evasion strategies

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hiding, camouflage, outrunning

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evasion by sheer numbers

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large amount of animals so that some can survive

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game theory of predator/prey relation

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too many predators = no prey

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in food chains predators can become prey

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predator is eaten so predator becomes prey

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poisonous prey

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when the predator dies eating the prey

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two types of whales

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toothed whale and baleen whale

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toothed whales eat

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fish and other sea animals

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baleen whales eat

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mostly zooplankton and small fish

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venomous organisms

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use venom or toxin to predate

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poisonous organisms

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use poison to kill predator

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sharks

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biggest shark is the whale shark measuring 20 m long and 3 m wide

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dophins

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toothed whales

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orca

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also known as the killer whale

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sperm whale

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largest toothed whale. have a big upper jaw and no fins

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venomous snakes

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have venom and use the venom to predate

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constrictor snakes

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predate by constricting(bitting prey then raping around it to break ribs)

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seals

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are the way whales go fishing

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fowl

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type of birds - most cannot fly

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passerine birds

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group of birds that include song birds

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zooplankton

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small organisms part of plankton group

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krill

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very small marine animals that live in open sea. eat zooplankton

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2 types of plankton

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zooplankton and phytoplankton

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phytoplankton

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gets energy from sun

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grasses

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any of the group of green plants with a hollow stem, small leaves and seeds

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cereals

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seeds of grasses (wheat, rice, rye, oats...)

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trees

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single self supporting trunk and branches. insects eat trees

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algae

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mostly aquatic, photosynthetic organisms that provide most of Earth's oxygen

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population

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a set of individuals or objects where a statistical sample can be drawn

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community

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population of different species occupying a certain area

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ecosystem

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organisms that share an environment, interact in a certain area

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biome

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major community of plants and animals with similar life forms and environmental conditions

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biosphere

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global ecosystem that can be broken down to biomes

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species

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classification that has related organisms that share common characterists and are capable of interbreeding. In the scientific name the species comes second, after the genus.

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genus

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classification that between family and species that have similar characteristics. the genus comes first in the scientific name and is always capitalized

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biomass

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mass of all organisms in a ecosystem