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21 Cards in this Set
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ecosystem |
a community of all living things and non-living environments interacting in a certain area |
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organism |
a form of life |
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Population |
A group of organisms of the same species living in a certain area |
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Biotic factors |
Living things that affect ecosystems |
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Abiotic factors |
A non-living condition/thing that affects an ecosystem and the organisms in it |
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Invasive species |
Non-native species that negatively affects our environment |
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Predator |
An animal that eats another animal |
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Prey |
An animal that is eaten by another animal |
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Host |
An organism where a parasite lives |
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Parasite |
An organism that lives in another organism and benefits by taking nutrients at the host's expense |
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Food chain |
A series of a group of organisms where each organism depends on the lower one as a food/energy source |
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Food web |
A system of interlocking food chains/ webs |
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Producer |
An organism that produces food through photosynthesis for consumers |
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Consumer |
An organism that gets their energy by eating other organisms |
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Decomposer |
An organism that breaks down dead plant and animal cellsl |
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Herbivore |
An organism that eats only plants |
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Carnivore |
An organism that eats only animals |
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Omnivore |
An animal that eats both plants and animals |
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Energy pyramid |
A diagram that shows how energy moves through out an ecosystem |
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Organ |
A group of tissues working together to perform a set of tasks |
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Organ system |
A group of organs working together to perform a set of tasks |
