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24 Cards in this Set
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These organisms cannot make their own food |
Consumers |
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is a community of animals and plants Interacting with their environment |
Ecosystem |
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Breaks down and feeds on the remains of other organisms |
Decomposer |
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A change in a characteristic of a living thing that allows it to survive in Its environment |
Adaptation |
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The original source of energy for a food web |
SUN |
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an organism that gets energy from eating only plants |
HERBIVORE |
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What do arrows in a food web represent? |
ENERGY |
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he coined the word biodiversity |
Walter G. Rosen |
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A species that is likely to become extinct if protective measures are not taken immediately (10) |
Endangered |
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the different amount of species in anarea (12) |
Biodiversity |
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Factor that could cause extinction of species |
Pollution |
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all living and non- living things that interact in an area (9) |
Ecosystem |
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An animal that gets energy from eating both plants and animals (8) |
Omnivore |
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NON-living things found in an ecosystem (7) |
Abiotic |
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A simple "line" of plants and animals that transfer energy by the process of eating |
food chain |
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, also known as autotrophs, make their own food. |
Producers |
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Interconnected feeding relationships within an ecosystem that transfer energy from producers to consumers |
food web |
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An example of a predator |
Shark |
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Example of producer |
Apple tree |
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Ex. Consumer |
Dog |
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diagram that shows how much food energy is passed from each level of the food chain to the next |
energy pyramid |
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The study of relationships between plants, animals and their surroundings |
ecology |
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place where an organism lives |
habitat |
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Example of Carnivore |
Eagle |
