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23 Cards in this Set
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Ecosystem
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Group of living and non-living things that live together
Ex. Ocean |
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Biotic
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All living things in which orginisims interact
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Preadator
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Orginisim that eats other orginisims to live
Ex. Lion/ Tiger |
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Prey
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Orginisim that is eaten
Ex. Fish |
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Parasites
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Orginisim that must live in or on another orginisim to get energy
Ex. Roundworms |
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Host
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Orginisim that a parasite lives in and infects
Ex. Human |
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Food Chain
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Path of energy that flows from one orginisim to another
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Food Web
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Diagram showing connected food chains
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Abiotic
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Nonliving parts of an environment
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Light
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Drives all of Earth's natural systems. Not many can live without it.
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Temperature
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Something that is affected by sunlight and altitude and impacts types of orginisims that live in that certain area
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Soil Composition
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Soil that determins types of plants that grow in that certain area and affects diversity of herbivores and ominivores in that area
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Limiting Factors
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Amount of light, temperature, and the soil composition limit number of orginisims that live in that certain area
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Population
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Group of orginisims that live in a cretain area
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Community
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Made up of all populations that live in the same area
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Habitat
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Phisical space used up by a certiain population
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Niche
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An orginisims lifestyle (including habitat, climate, and types of food that orginisim eats)
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Producers
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Things that use energy from the sun to make their own food through photosynthisis
Ex. Plants |
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Consumers
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Things that get energy by eating other orginisims
Ex. Lion |
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Herbivores
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Consumers that eat ONLY plants
Ex. Rabbit |
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Carnivores
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Consumers that eat ONLY other animals
Ex. Lion |
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Ominivores
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Consumers that eat BOTH plants and animals
Ex. Deer |
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Decomposers
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Orginisims that get energy by breaking down nutrients in gead orginisims
Ex. bactiria, Fungi |
