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15 Cards in this Set
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Define Biotic and Abiotic Factors |
Abiotic- nonliving. Biotic- living |
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Compare and Contrast biotic and Abiotic factors |
Rocks vs animals etc |
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Describe steps of primary succession |
Aftermath of volcano or avalanche. Must take place in communities |
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Steps of secondary succession |
After forest fire or abandoned farmland. Starts with soil |
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Define population |
Group of organisms living in same habitat with same species |
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Explain carrying capacity |
Limited amout. Maximum # of organisms an environment can support |
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Factors that affect carrying capacity |
Humans actions, weather |
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Compare and contrast food chains and food webs |
food chain- sequence of organisms that food energy passes thru. Food web- connected food chains |
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Autotroph |
Self feeding such as photosynthesis |
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Heterotroph |
Different feeding |
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Predator |
Hunts living organisms |
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Prey |
Eaten by living organisms |
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Explain competition |
Interspecific- between species (resources) Intraspecific- with species (mating) |
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Explain habitat |
Place where organism lives (location) |
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Explain niche |
Organisms role in an environment (what it eats and what eats it, |
