Ecosystems And Classification Study Set

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organism

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an organism is any living thing

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habitat

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a place where and animal or a insect or humans live

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biotic

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these are living factors such as partners for mating, organisms to eat, predators and that compete for food and shelter/space

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abiotic

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these are non-living factors such as light, wind, soil and temperature

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adaptations-animal

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protect themselves from predators, survive hot and cold temperatures, catch and eat food, reproduce, move around, take in oxygen

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biosphere

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the place where all live exists this is the earth and its atmosphere

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ecosystem

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organism in a habitat interacting with each other and their non living surroundings in a balanced way

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ecology

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is the study of the interactions between living things and their environment

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environment

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all the things that affect a plant or animal in its habitat these include temperature, whether its dry or wet, whether its windy, air quility, water quality, type of soil

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symbiosis

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close relationship (interdependance between two or more different types of organism)

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mutualism

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relationship where both organism benefit and neither are harmed

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commensalism

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relationship where only one organism benefits, but neither is harmed

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parasitism

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relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed

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predator

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animals that eat other animals

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prey

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the animal that is eaten is the prey

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competitors

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other animals that live in the same habitat and eat the same food

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food chain

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shows the flow of energy from organism to organism

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chloryphyll

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chemical in leaves that traps the suns energy

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photosynthesis

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process used by plants to use the suns energy + carbin dioxide + water to make glucose and oxygen

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producers

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a producers is an organism that can manufacture its own food

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consumer

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any organism that must eat other organism to get the energy and nutrients it needs

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decomposer

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an organism that gets the energy it it needs by breaking down dead matter and wast materials

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classifications

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the process of putting things into groups with similar dunctions or features

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taxonomy

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the science of grouping and naming things a scientist who specialises in this is called taxonomist

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dichotomous

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a key is a series of questions (with two choices at each stage) used to classify or name something. Dichotomous keys can be written as flow chrts or tables

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herbivores

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consumers that only eat plants E.g. grasshoppers hangaroos and koalas

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carnivores

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consumers that only eat other animals E.g. lions dingoes and kookaburras

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omnivores

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consumers that eat plants and animals E.g. Human, some bears, rats and mice and toads

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first order consumers

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a consumer that eats a producer

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second order consumer

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a consumer that eats afirst order consumer

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third order consumer

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a consumer that eats a second order consumer

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Food webs

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When you join two or more food chains together you get a food web.

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organism

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an organism is any living thing

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habitat

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a place where and animal or a insect or humans live

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biotic

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these are living factors such as partners for mating, organisms to eat, predators and that compete for food and shelter/space

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abiotic

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these are non-living factors such as light, wind, soil and temperature

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adaptations-animal

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protect themselves from predators, survive hot and cold temperatures, catch and eat food, reproduce, move around, take in oxygen

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biosphere

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the place where all live exists this is the earth and its atmosphere

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ecosystem

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organism in a habitat interacting with each other and their non living surroundings in a balanced way

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ecology

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is the study of the interactions between living things and their environment

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environment

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all the things that affect a plant or animal in its habitat these include temperature, whether its dry or wet, whether its windy, air quility, water quality, type of soil

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symbiosis

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close relationship (interdependance between two or more different types of organism)

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mutualism

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relationship where both organism benefit and neither are harmed

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commensalism

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relationship where only one organism benefits, but neither is harmed

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parasitism

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relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed

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predator

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animals that eat other animals

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prey

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the animal that is eaten is the prey

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competitors

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other animals that live in the same habitat and eat the same food

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food chain

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shows the flow of energy from organism to organism

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chloryphyll

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chemical in leaves that traps the suns energy

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photosynthesis

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process used by plants to use the suns energy + carbin dioxide + water to make glucose and oxygen

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producers

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a producers is an organism that can manufacture its own food

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consumer

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any organism that must eat other organism to get the energy and nutrients it needs

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decomposer

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an organism that gets the energy it it needs by breaking down dead matter and wast materials

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classifications

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the process of putting things into groups with similar dunctions or features

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taxonomy

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the science of grouping and naming things a scientist who specialises in this is called taxonomist

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dichotomous

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a key is a series of questions (with two choices at each stage) used to classify or name something. Dichotomous keys can be written as flow chrts or tables

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herbivores

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consumers that only eat plants E.g. grasshoppers hangaroos and koalas

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carnivores

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consumers that only eat other animals E.g. lions dingoes and kookaburras

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omnivores

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consumers that eat plants and animals E.g. Human, some bears, rats and mice and toads

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first order consumers

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a consumer that eats a producer

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second order consumer

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a consumer that eats afirst order consumer

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third order consumer

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a consumer that eats a second order consumer

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Food webs

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When you join two or more food chains together you get a food web.

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extinct

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when nobody has seen a particular species in the wild for over 50 years and the last known individual has died.

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endangered species

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close to extinction

very small number

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vulnerable species

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experience rapid population decline

at risk of become extinct if drop in numbers

continues.

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rare species

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low numbers (but not decreasing)

often spread out over large area.

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biological control

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a method that uses a natural predator or disease of an unwanted organism (pest) to control its numbers.