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24 Cards in this Set
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Environment |
All of the living thing and non-living things with which an organism may interact |
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Ecology |
The study of relationships and interactions of living things with one another and their environment |
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Ecosystem |
All of the living and non-living in a given area they interact with one another |
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Community |
The living part or any ecosystem - all the different organisms that live together |
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Population |
A group organisms of the same type, or species |
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Species |
Group of similar organisms they can produce offspring |
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Habitat |
The place in which an organism lives |
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Producer |
The source of all food in an ecosystem - Producers are able to use sunlight to turn simple raw material into food *Photosynthesis* |
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Consumer |
An organism that feeds directly or indirectly on producers |
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Decomposer |
Break down dead organisms into simpler substances |
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Food Chain |
A series of events in which food and energy are transfered from one organism to another in an ecosystem |
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Food Web |
A group of food chains interconnected |
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Competition |
The struggle among livings to get the proper amount of food, water, and energy |
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Predator |
Organism that kills and eats other organisms |
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Prey |
Organism that is killed and eaten by a predator |
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Symbiosis |
Relationship in which an organism lives on, near, or in another organism, and at least one of the organisms benefits |
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Niche |
Role of an organism in its community or environment |
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Commensalism |
Type of symbiosis - one organism benefits and the other is not affected |
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Mutualism |
Type of symbiosis - Relationship is helpful to both organisms |
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Parasitism |
Type of symbiosis - Relationship in which one organism benefits an vs the other organism is harmed |
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Parasite |
Organism that feeds on other living organisms |
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Host |
Organism in which/ on which another organism lives |
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Autotroph |
Organism that use energy to create their own food - Another name for a producer |
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Heterotroph |
Organisms that must consume other organisms for the food and energy need to survive - Another name for consumers and decomposers |
