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20 Cards in this Set
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Organism |
All living things |
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Habitat |
A place where a particular organism lives - it's home |
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Resources a habitat must provide |
Food Water Shelter & Living space A suitable temperature Mating partners for reproduction Gases such as oxygen |
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Biotic |
Living factors |
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Abiotic |
Non-living factors |
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Examples of biotic factors |
Partners for mating Organisms to eat Organisms they may compete with for food & shelter |
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Examples of abiotic factors |
Soil Light Wind Temperature |
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Adaptation |
Characteristics that assist organisms to survive and reproduction |
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Animal Adaptation |
Spotted tailed quoll –Marsupial -pouched mammal –Colour:well camouflaged from prey –Nocturnal - activeand hunt at night |
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Plant Adaptation |
Native trees - Survive frequentfires –Budsburied deep within the trunk –Thesebuds grow quickly if a fire occurs and produce new leaves |
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Habitat of |
Thehabitat of a bird is atree. Thehabitat of a crab maybe buried in the sand. |
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Environment |
Theconditions that affect a plant or an animal in its habitat |
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7 factors that may shape and change an environment |
•Temperature •Whether it is wet or dry •Whether it is windy •The quality of the air •The water quality •The type of soil •Plants, animals and bacteria andfungi that live there |
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Biosphere |
The place where all life exists. Made up of many ecosystems. |
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Ecosystem |
An ecosystem is a system formed by organismsinteracting with each other and their non-living surrounds in a balanced way. There are many habitats in anecosystem |
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Examples of ecosystems |
Ocean Ecosystem City Ecosystem Estuarine Ecosystem Desert Ecosystem Forrest Ecosystem Freshwater Ecosystem |
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Relationship between the Biosphere, Ecosystems and Habitats |
Many Ecosystems in the Biosphere. Many Habitats in an Ecosystem. |
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Commensalism |
An interaction between twoorganisms where only one of them benefits, but the other one is not affected. |
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Mutualism |
An interaction where both organismsbenefit from the relationship and neither is harmed. |
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Parasitism |
Interaction where one type oforganism (the parasite) liveson or in another type of organism (the host). |
