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31 Cards in this Set
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Population
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all organisms that constitue a specific group or occur in a specified habitat
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Community
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grp of plants and animals living and interacting in a specific region in similar enviromental conditions;
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Diversity
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Variety of multifomity
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Predation
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capturing of prey as a means of maintainging life
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Parasitism
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characteristic behavior or mode of existence of a parasite or parasitic population
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Mutualism
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association between organisms of two different species in which each member benefits
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Succession
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Gradual and orderly process of ecosysytem development brought about by changes in community composition and the production of a climax characteristic of a particular geographic region
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Ecosystem
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ecological community together with its envioronment, functioning as a unit
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Aquatic
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Consisting of or being in water
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Terrestrial
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Living or growing on land
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Producers
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photosynthetic green plant or chemosynthetic bacterium constituting the 1st trophic level in the food chain; sutotrophic organism
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Consumers
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heterotrophic organism that ingests other organisms or organic matter in a food chain
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Decomposers
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organism that feeds on and breaks down dead plant or animal matter, thus making organic nutrients abailable to the ecosystem
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Autotrophs
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organisms capable of synthesizing its own food from inorganic substances, using light or chemical energy
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Heterotrophs
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organism that cannot synthesize its own food and is dependent on complex organic substances for nutrition
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Food Chain
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Succession of organisms in an ecological community that constitutes a continuation of food energy from one organism to another as each consumes a lower member and it turns its preyed upon by a higher member
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Population
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all organisms that constitue a specific group or occur in a specified habitat
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Community
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grp of plants and animals living and interacting in a specific region in similar enviromental conditions;
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Diversity
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Variety of multifomity
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Predation
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capturing of prey as a means of maintainging life
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Parasitism
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characteristic behavior or mode of existence of a parasite or parasitic population
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Mutualism
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association between organisms of two different species in which each member benefits
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Succession
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Gradual and orderly process of ecosysytem development brought about by changes in community composition and the production of a climax characteristic of a particular geographic region
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Ecosystem
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ecological community together with its envioronment, functioning as a unit
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Aquatic
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Consisting of or being in water
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Terrestrial
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Living or growing on land
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Producers
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photosynthetic green plant or chemosynthetic bacterium constituting the 1st trophic level in the food chain; sutotrophic organism
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Consumers
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heterotrophic organism that ingests other organisms or organic matter in a food chain
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Decomposers
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organism that feeds on and breaks down dead plant or animal matter, thus making organic nutrients abailable to the ecosystem
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Autotrophs
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organisms capable of synthesizing its own food from inorganic substances, using light or chemical energy
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Heterotrophs
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organism that cannot synthesize its own food and is dependent on complex organic substances for nutrition
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