Ecology Flashcards

1
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Environment

A

The nature around them

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2
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Habitat

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The place where a plant or animal lives

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3
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Interdependence

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How organisms depend on each other for survival

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4
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Ecosystem

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All the plants interacting and helping each other

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5
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Herbivorous

A

Only eat plants and vegetation

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6
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Carnivores

A

Only eat meat

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7
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Ecology

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Thenstudy of organism and there surroundings,environment and relationships

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8
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Consumer

A

Animals that get their food from other animals or plants

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9
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Produce

A

Something that makes the food (plants)*

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10
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Omnivores

A

Eat plants and meat

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11
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Decomposer

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Somthinh that feeds on dead plants and animals

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12
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Energy

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Any energy in a food chain comes from the sun

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13
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Food web

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Single food chains are rare most are interconnected

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14
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Compaction

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Occurs when two or more organisms seek a resource that in limited

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15
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Adaptation

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Are features that give an organism a better chance of surviving

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16
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Dandelion adaptions

A

Long roots and air carried pods

17
Q

Hedge hog adaptation

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Camouflage spikes and excellent sense of smell

18
Q

Pollution

A

Adding unwanted waste to the environment

19
Q

Effect

A

If one organism is gone others may die

20
Q

Air pollution

A

Dirty air from smoke gas cars and power stations

21
Q

Acid rain

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Is made when fossil fuels are burned creating carbonic acids which damage plants and crops

22
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Soil pollution

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Caused be pesticides fertilizers and acid rain

23
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Water pollution

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When water is polluted by fertilizer sewage and detergent

24
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Incineration

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Burning waste which leads to pollution