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23 Cards in this Set
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Ecosystem |
An ecosystem is where biotic and abiotic things interact with each other. |
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Biotic |
Something living. |
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Abiotic |
Something non-living. |
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Species |
Living things of the same kind that are able to reproduce. |
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Population |
A bunch of the same species living in the same area. |
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Community |
All populations of different species living and interacting with each other. |
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Basic Needs |
The needs of oxygen, water, energy and food. Things that living things need to survive all conditions. |
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Nutrients |
Component of food that gives energy. |
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Symbiosis |
A relationship between species where at least one benefits. |
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Commensalism |
Where one of the species benefits and the other does'nt care. |
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Mutualism |
Both species benefit. |
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Parasitsm |
One of the species is benefiting and the other is harmed. |
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Consumer |
Living things that rely on other living things for food. |
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Carnivore |
A living thing that only eats meats. |
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Herbivore |
A living thing that eats only plants. |
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Omnivore |
Living things that eat both meat and plants. |
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Producer |
Living thing at the beginning of the food chain that can make its own food. |
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Photosynthesis |
The process where plants use the sun, carbon dioxide and water to make their own food. |
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Cellular Respiration |
The process where cells take apart sugar particles into carbon dioxide, water and energy. |
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Scavenger |
Organism that eats off the remaining dead animals that the consumers killed. |
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Decomposer |
Living things that break down plants or animals. |
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Food Chain |
Pathway of energy flow from one living thing in an ecosystem to another. |
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Food Web |
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