91-106 Flashcards
(16 cards)
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- Two or more different populations that live in a defined area.
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- Community
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- A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the
same area.
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- Population
2
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- A collection of all organisms that live in a particular place, together
with their non-living environment.
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- Ecosystem
3
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- A group of ecosystems that have the same climate and dominant
organisms.
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- Biome
4
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- An organism that can make its own food internally.
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- Autotrophs (producer)
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- An organism that relies on other organisms for energy
and food supply.
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- Heterotroph (consumer)
6
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- A series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating or being
eaten.
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- Food chain
7
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- Links all the food chains in a ecosystem together.
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- Food web
8
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- A cycle by which materials necessary for organisms are
circulated between organisms and through the environment. (e.g. water, carbon,
nitrogen)
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- Biogeochemical Cycle
9
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100.The state of environmental conditions.
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- Environmental Quality
10
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- The evaporation of water from the leaves of plants.
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- Transpiration
11
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102.The conversion of nitrogen gas into ammonia by bacteria
living in the soil.
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- Nitrogen Fixation
12
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- Any relationship in which two species live together.
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- Symbiosis
13
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- A symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit.
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- Mutualism
14
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- A symbiotic relationship in which one organism lives on or
inside another organism and causes it no harm.
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- Commensalism
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- – A symbiotic relationship in which one organism lives on or inside
another organism and harms it.
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- Parasitism
