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31 Cards in this Set
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Biotic |
The living things in an enviroment |
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Abiotic |
Non-living things in an enviroment |
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Ecosystem |
This includes all living and non-living things in an enviroment |
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Food Chain |
The path that energy takes as it moves from one organism to another |
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Food Web |
A network of food chains that have some links in common |
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Endangered |
A species that is seriously at risk of extinction |
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Threatened |
A species that could become endangered because of low populations |
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Producer |
Organisms that sue the sun's energy to make sugar and oxygen |
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Consumer |
Any animal that eats plants or other animals |
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Decomposer |
Break down dead or decaying plant and animal material |
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Herbivore |
An animal that eats only plants |
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Carnivore |
An animal that only eats animals |
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Omnivore |
An animal that eats both plants and animals |
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Predator |
An animal that hunts other animals for food |
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Prey |
A living thing that is hunted for food |
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Adaptation |
A characteristic that helps an organism survive its enviroment |
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Heredity |
The passing down of inherited traits from one generation to the next |
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Biome |
Each of earth's major ecosystems |
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Extinction |
A species that has died out completely |
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Migration |
Seasonal movement of animals to find food, reproduce in better conditions, or find a less server climate. |
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Grassland |
A biome where grasses, not trees are the main plant life. Grasslands make up much of Minnesota. |
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Deciduous Forest |
A forest biome with many kinds of trees that lose their leaves each autumn. Deciduous forest make up much of Minnesota. |
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Tropical Rainforest |
A hot humid biome near the earth's equator, with much rainfall and a wide variety of life |
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Taiga |
A cool forest biome of conifers in the upper northern hemisphere |
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Desert |
A sandy rocky biome, with little precipitation and little plant life |
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Nucleus |
The "brain" or the control center of a cell |
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Chloroplast |
Takes energy from the sun and makes food for the plant |
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Mitochondria |
Oval membrane covered organelles that supply energy for the cell |
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The Four Life Factors |
Air |
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Cells |
All living things are made of units called cells |
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How do organisms work together and compete with each other to survive? |
Living together where it doesn't hurt one another, competition over resources, preditor-prey |
