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16 Cards in this Set
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Ecology |
The study of the interactions among living things and between living things and their surroundings |
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Community |
A group of different species that live together in one area |
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Biome |
A major regional or global community of organisms |
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Ecosystem |
Includes all of the organisms as well as the climate, soil, water, rocks, and other nonliving things in a given area |
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Biotic |
Living things such as plants animals fungi and bacteria |
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Abiotic |
Non living things such as moisture, temperature, wind, sunlight, and soil |
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Producer |
Organisms that get their energy from non living resources, meaning they make their own food |
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Autotroph |
Producers |
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Comsumers |
Organisms that get their energy by eating other living or once-living resources |
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Heterotroph |
Consumers |
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Herbivore |
Organisms that only eat plants |
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Carnivore |
Organisms that only eat animals |
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Omnivores |
Organisms that eat both plants and animals |
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Decomposer |
Detritivores that break down organic matter into simpler compounds |
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Food Chain |
A sequence that links species by their feeding relationships |
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Food web |
A model that shows the complex network of feeding relationships and the flow of energy within and between ecosystems |
