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21 Cards in this Set
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Organism |
Any one living thing. |
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Population |
Members of a population must be all the same species. |
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Community |
-All the plants and animals in an area -Many different populations in one area -No abiotic factors |
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Ecosystem |
All living things(biotic) and non living(abiotic) things in an area |
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Biome |
Type of ecosystem(desert, rainforest, ocean) |
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Plants |
Autotrophs= producers -get energy from sun to produce their own food |
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Animals |
Hetertroph= Consumers -Must consume other organisms to get energy to live |
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Herbivore |
Eats only plants |
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Carnivore |
Eats only meat |
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Omnivore |
Eats plants and animals |
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Fungi and Bacteria |
Decomposers -Break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients and other materials back into the environment |
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Food Chain |
Tertiary Consumer/ Heterotroph Secondary Consumer/ Hetertroph Primary Consumer/ Hetertroph Producer/Autotroph (Apex Predator- Top of the food chain) except for decomposers which eats top predator |
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Symbiosis |
A close relationship between two organisms from different species -Relationships are important because organisms depend on each other |
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Mutualism |
Both organisms benefit +/+ |
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Parasitism |
One organism benefits, the other organism is harmed. +/- -Parasite and Host -Not predator and pray |
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Commensalism |
One organism benefits, the other organism is not affected. +/0 |
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Predator |
Hunts and kills for food |
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Prey |
An animal that is hunted and killed by other animals for food. +/- |
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Food Chain |
The path of energy flow from one living thing to another. |
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Food Web |
Several food chains linked together |
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Arrows |
Point towards where the energy goes Fish>bear not bear to fish |
