Economy Flashcards

(54 cards)

0
Q

Ecosystem

A

Community of living things that interact with each other in their enviroment

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
1
Q

Ecology

A

The study of interactions of organisms in their enviroment

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Biotic factors

A

Living things in a enviroment

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Abiotic factors

A

Non-living things in a enviroment

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Habitat

A

A place were particular organisms live

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Organism

A

Living thing

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Species

A

A group of animals with many features in common

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Population

A

The amount of the individual organisms species at a certain time

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Community

A

Both living organisms both plant and animal at a certain time

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Producers

A

Organisms that make their own food

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Consumers

A

Organisms that relies on another organism for food

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Food webs

A

Multiple food chains put together

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Photosynthesis

A

A organism using the Suns energy to produce things like water and carbon dioxcide

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Chlorophyll

A

The green chemical parts of a plant used for photosynthesising

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Cellular respiration

A

A chemical reaction using oxygen that moves energy from the glucose to the compound ATP

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Autotrophs

A

Organisms that produce their own nutrients

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Heterotrophs

A

Organisms that rely on other organisms to supply their molecules and energy

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Carnivors

A

Animals that eat other animals

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Herbivores

A

Animals that eats plants

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

Omnivores

A

Animals that eat other animals and plants

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

Detrivores

A

Animals that eat other animals faeces

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

Decomposers

A

Small organisms that eat decaying animals

22
Q

Ecological niche

A

Specific conditions to which an organism is able to live within

23
Q

Niche

A

The conditions in which an organism lives

24
Habitat
A place in which a organism lives
25
Intraspecific competition
Members of one species compete for the same resources
26
Intraspecific competition
Members of one species compete for the same resources
27
Host
The organism in which a parasite lives in
28
Parasite
A organism that lives in or on another organism. The parasite benefits while usually harming the host organism
29
Parasitism
A relationship were one organism benefits and one dosn't
30
Mutualism
A relationship were two organisms benefit
31
Commensalism
We're on organism benefits without affecting the other
32
Preditore
The animal who hunts
33
Prey
The animal that is hunted
34
Realationship
A companionship between to biotic factors
35
Symbiosis
A long term interaction between two or more biological species
36
Symbiotic
Two diverse organisms that have sort of relationship were not always both benefit
37
Food chain
A diagram that show producer/producers and what they eat
38
Food chains
A diagram that shows the producer/s, what they/it eat and who eats it/they
39
Food webs
Multiple food chains put together
40
First topic level
The Lowest part of a food web which contains the most energy
41
Second topic level
The second lowest part of a food web which contains the most yet not full amount of energy
42
Third topic level
The second highest part of a food web which contains nearly the smallest amount of energy
43
Fourth topic level
The highest part of a food web which contains the smallest amount of energy
44
Tophic levels
Feeding levels in a food chain
45
Tertiary
The third in order level
46
Agriculture
The use of land to grow crops or raise farm animals
47
Monocultures
Crops grown on land used for one kind of crop only
48
Fertilisers
Chemicals added to soil to provide the nutrients needed for plant growth
49
Eutrophication
A form of water pollution involving an excess of nutrients such as nitrates and phosphorus leaching from soils, typically resulting in excessive growth of algae
50
Eutrophication
A form of water pollution involving an excess of nutrients such as nitrates and phosphorus leaching from soils, typically resulting in excessive growth of algae
51
Biological control:
a method of controlling pests by introducing one of their natural enemies
52
Chemical control
the control of plant or animal pests by the use of chemicals
53
Pesticides:
a substance or preparation for destroying pests, usually by being poisonous to them