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18 Cards in this Set
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Habitat |
The place where an organism lives |
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Community |
All the populations of all the species in a particular habitat |
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Ecosystem |
A self-contained unit where living and physical factors interact |
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Secondary Consumer |
A living thing that cannot make its own food, often eating the primary consumer |
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Omnivore |
Organisms which eat plant and animal material |
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Producer |
This organism is able to manufacture its own food by a process called photosynthesis |
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Decomposer |
This type of organism helps to recycle valuable nutrients by feeding on dead and decaying material |
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Food Chain |
This represents the feeding relationships between organisms within an ecosystem. |
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Trophic level |
The different stages in a food chain |
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Abiotic Factors |
Non-living components in an ecosystem e.g. light, water, pH |
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Biotic Factors |
Activities involving living organisms in an ecosystem e.g. competition, disease |
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Herbivore |
Organism which eats only plant material |
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Carnivore |
Organism which eats only animals |
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Primary consumer |
A living thing that cannot make its own food, often eating the producer. |
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Food web |
A diagram showing a series of interconnecting food chains |
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Tertiary Consumer |
A living thing that cannot make its own food, often eating the secondary consumer |
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Population |
The total number of individuals of a particular species |
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Biodiversity |
Range in the number of species in an ecosystem |
