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19 Cards in this Set
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Adaptation |
Feature of an organism that enables it to survive in a particular habitat |
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Behavioural adaptation |
Behaviour of an organism that enables it to survive in a particular habitat e.g. hibernation in winter months |
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Carnivore |
Consumer that eats only other animals |
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Consumer |
An organism in a food chain that eats other plants and/ or animals |
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Ecology |
The branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment, including other organisms. |
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Ecosystem |
A system involving the interactions between a community of living organisms in a particular area and its non-living environment |
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Endangered |
A species is endangered if the population numbers are very low and it is at risk of extinction in the near future |
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Endemic species |
A species of organism that is only found in one area of the world e.g. NZ |
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Food chain |
Diagram to show the flow of energy between organisms in a habitat. |
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Habitat |
The place where an organism lives |
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Herbivore |
An organism that only consumes plants |
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Omnivore |
An organism that consumes both plants and animals |
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Organism |
A living thing |
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Physiological adaptation |
Adaptations such as change in the organism’s biochemistry or internal mechanisms to deal with an environmental problem. For example, before sucking up blood, the female mosquito will inject a special chemical into the host to stop the blood from clotting at the site of the wound. |
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Predator |
An organism that hunts other animals |
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Prey |
An organism that is hunted by predators |
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Producer |
Plants – carry out photosynthesis to ‘start’ a food chain |
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Structural adaptation |
Physical part of an organism’s body that enables it to survive in its habitat e.g. Polar bear having wide, flat feet to walk on snow easily. |
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Trophic level |
Level of organisation in a food chain or web e.g. the producer is trophic level 1. |
