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20 Cards in this Set
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Species |
A group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring (have common gene pool) |
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Habitat |
The environment in which species normally lives (location) |
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Population |
A group of organism of the same species, living in the same area at the same time |
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Community |
A group of populations living and interacting with eachother in an area |
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Ecology |
The study of relationships between living organisms and their environment |
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Autotrophs |
Species with the capacity to make their own food |
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Heterothrophs |
Species which do not have the capacity to produce their own food |
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Detrivores |
The organism that consume dead organic matter |
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Saprotroph |
Organisms that live on, or in, dead organic matter (ex. Bacteria, fungus) |
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Organic compounds |
Compounds containing carbon found in living things |
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Ecosystem |
A community and it's abiotic environment (non-living) |
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Photosynthesis |
The process by which plants use the energy from the sunlight to produce glucose from carbon dioxide and water |
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Biomass |
The total mass of all living things in a given area |
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Niche |
The functional position and role of an organism within its environment |
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Ecological pyramids |
May show biomass, population, or energy numbers |
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Pyramid of energy |
Shows the changes in available energy from one trophic level to another in a food chain |
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Food web |
A diagram that shows the feeling relationships in a community |
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Food chain |
A sequence of relationships between trophic levels where each member feeds on the previous one |
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Trophic level |
Where an organism is positioned on the food web |
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Greenhouse effect |
Capacity of certain gases in the atmosphere to trap heat emitted from Earth's surface, thereby insulating and warming the planet |
