7 Sci: Habitats: Living Places

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Abiotic factors

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Non-living factors in the environment

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Adaptations

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Characteristics that assist organisms to survive and reproduce

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Apex predator

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Predator that has no natural predators except humans

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Biological control

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A method of controlling unwanted pests by using a natural predator or disease

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Biosphere

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Where all life as we know it exists. Includes the surface of the Earth and the atmosphere.

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Biotic factors

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Living factors in the environment

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Carnivore

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A consumer that eats only other animals

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Chlorophyll

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The chemical in plants that traps energy from the sun and gives plants their green color

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Commensalism

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A symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is not affected. e.g cattle egret and water buffalo

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Competitors

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Organisms that have the same food source and live in the same habitat

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Consumers

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Organisms that have the same food source and live in the same habitat

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Cross breeding

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The process of mating one breed of plant or animal with another breed of that plant or animal

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Decomposers

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Organisms hat get the energy they need by breaking down dead matter and waste products

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Ecologists

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Scientists who study the interactions between living things and their environment

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Ecology

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The study of the relationship between organisms and their surroundings

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Ecosystem

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A balanced system formed by organisms interacting with each other and their non-living surroundings

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Endangered species

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Species that are close to extinction and very small numbers remain

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Environment

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All the conditions that affect a plant or animal in its habitat

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Extinct

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A species that has not been seen in the wild for more than 50 years, and of which the last known individual has died

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Fire season

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Times of the year when fires are most likely to occur

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Food chain

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The flow of energy from organism to organism in a series of feeding relationships

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Food web

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A number of food chains combined

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Fuel reduction burning

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Regular burning to reduce the amount of fuel available for a fire

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Germination

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The process by which a plant grows from a seed

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Habitat

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The place where an organism lives

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Herbivore

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An animal that eats only plants

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Host

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An organism in or on which a parasite lives

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Interdependent

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Depending on each other for survival

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Mutualism

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An interaction between organisms where both organisms benefit from the relationship and neither is harmed

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Nocturnal

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Active or hunting at night

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Omnivore

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An animal that eats both plants and animals

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Organisms

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All living things

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Parasite

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An organism that lives in or on a host, taking food or shelter from the host. The host gets nothing in return and may be harmed

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Photosynthesis

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The process used by plants to make their own food

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Plague

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Unusually large numbers of an organism that cause damage to the environment

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Population

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A group of organisms of the same species, which live in the same area

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Predator

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An animal that eats other animals

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Prey

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An animal that is eaten by a predator

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Primary consumer

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A consumer that eats only plants, algae and other producers

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Rare species

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Species that has low numbers, often spread out over a large area; the population is not decreasing

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Remnant vegetation

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Native vegetation that remains unchanged when surrounding area have been changed by activities such as grazing or forestry

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Scavenger

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An animal that finds dead animals or plants and eats them

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Secondary consumer

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A consumer that eats a primary consumer

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Species

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Different types of living things

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Sustainable ecosystem

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An ecosystem that is diverse and able to provide for the needs of the organisms living there over a long period

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Symbiosis

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Another name for interdependence

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Tertiary consumer

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A consumer that eats a ssecondary consumer

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Vegetation

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The plants that are usually found in that particular area or habitat

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Vulnerable species

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Species that experiencing a rapid population decline and is in danger of becoming extinct if numbers continue to fall