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Deffinitions Flashcards

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Dessert

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An extremely dry area with little water and few plants.

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Abiotic and biotic

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Biotic is the living features in an ecosystem and abiotic is the non-living features in an ecosystem.

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Consumer, first consumer and secondary consumer

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A producer makes its own food from the sun via the chemical reaction of photosynthesis. A consumer obtains energy by feeding on other organisms and a secondary consumer eats primary consumers and a primary consumer eats producers.

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Ecosystem

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A word used to describe a particular environment and all the living things surrounding it.

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Environment

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All the living and non-living things that surround and organism.

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Ectothermic

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Means an animal must obtain heat from there environment not internally.

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Food chain

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Diagram showing a sequence of organisms feeding on each other.

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Why is water important for organisms?

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Water is essential for all living organisms. It is the solvent for all materials in cells and allows chemical reaction to take place.

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Addaption

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Any feature that assists in the survival of an organisms these are classified as behavioural and functional and structural.

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Ecology

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The study of how living organisms interact with each other and there environment.

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Endoghermic

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Endothermic is when an organism can generate heat internally and can control heat loss.

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Endoghermic

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Endothermic is when an organism can generate heat internally and can control heat loss.

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Functional

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Feature of the way an organisms body works. Example: When a bat flys, it’s heat beats faster so more blood can be supplied to muscles.

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Behavioral

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Action or feature the organisms display.

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Food web

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Shows the relationship between many different food chains in a single ecosystem.

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Food web

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Shows the relationship between many different food chains in a single ecosystem.

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Structual

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Body part that helps the organism to survive. Example is bat wings or jelly fish tenticals