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21 Cards in this Set
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Environment
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- consists of all living and nonliving things with which an organism may interact
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Ecology
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- study of relationship and interactions of living things with one another and with their environment
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Ecosystem
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- consists of all the living and nonliving things in a given area that interact with one another
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Community (2)
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- living part of any ecosystem
- all the diff organisms that live together in that area |
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Population
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- group of organisms of the same type/species, living together in the same area
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Species
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- group of organisms that can produce offspring
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Habitat
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- place in which an organism lives
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All the ________ and _____________ things in an environment are interconnected
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- living
- nonliving |
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Living (4)
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- animals
- plants - community - population |
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Nonliving (5)
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- temperature
- light - water - soil - habitat |
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Producer (3)
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- source of all food and energy in an ecosystem
- make their own food - all food webs/chain start w/producer |
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How does a producer get food?
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- they make food using sunlight, CO₂, and water (photosynthesis)
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Consumer (2)
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- cannot make their food
- need to consume food for energy |
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Types of Consumers (4)
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- herbivore
- carnivore - omnivore - scavenger |
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Herbivore (2)
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- organism that only eats plants
ex. deer |
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Carnivore (3)
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- organism that only eats meat
ex. wolves ladybugs |
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Omnivore (4)
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- eat both plants and animals
ex. crow bear humans |
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Scavenger (4)
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- animals that feeds off of bodies of dead animals
ex. jackals hyenas vultures |
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Food Chain
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- represents a series of events in which food and energy are transferred from one organism in an ecosystem to another
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What are the links in a food chain?
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- shows transfer of energy from one organism to next
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Food Web
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- consist of many overlapping food chains
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