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12 Cards in this Set
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Adaptations
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Features or characteristics common in a population of living things because it provides some type of improved function for survival
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Predator
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An organism that survives off eating other organisms (prey)
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Prey
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Organisms that are eaten and hunted by a predator
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Diversity
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A large variety of living things within an ecosystem
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Ecosystem
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A web of connection of various organisms which include plants, animals, microorganisms and the environment
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Producers
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Organisms that make their own food, in example could be through photosynthesis.
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Decomposer
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organisms that break down dead plants & animals and reduce them to smaller forms that can be recycled by the earth
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Herbivore
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Organisms that consume plants to survive
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Carnivore
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An organism that just eats meat
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Parasitism
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One organism that lives off of another organism, the host, harming it and possibly causing death.
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Mutualism
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Organisms that are adapted so they use each other in a way that benefit both organisms
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Competition
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A contest between organisms for territory or a location
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