Ecology Notes Flashcards

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Ecology

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The study of interaction between organism and the enviroment.

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species

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One type of organism

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Biotic Factor

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All the parts of the environment that are living.

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Abiotic factor

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All the parts of the environment that are nonliving.

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5
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Habitat

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the place where an organism lives in a community.

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Population

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All the organisms of the same species living in the same place at the same time.

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Community

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All the populations that live in the same place at the same time.

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Ecosystem

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A community interacting with the Abiotic parts of its environment, (All the biotic and abiotic pats of an area)

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9
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Energy Pyramind

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Diagram showing trophic level / level in food chain.

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10
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Sun

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Main source of energy for all living things.

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Producer

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Make its own food (autograph)

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Photosynthesis

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the process of food making in producers

Sunlight + CO₂ (carbon dioxide) + H₂O (Water) →

sugar (energy) + O₂ (Oxygen).

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13
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Consumer

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An organism that eats other organism (Heterotroph)

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14
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Herbiovere

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An organism that only eats plants.

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Carnivore

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An organism that only eats animals.

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Scavenger

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An organism that eats organisms that are already dead.

17
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omnivore

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an organism that eats both plants and animals.

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decomposer

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an organism that breaks down the remains of dead plants and animals recycles.

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Food chain

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the transfer of energy (food) from one organism to another.

20
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food web

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when different chains overlap.