ECOSYSTEMS Flashcards

(18 cards)

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Ecology Definition

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The study of how organisms interact with each other and with their environment

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Abiotic definition

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A non-living factor of the environment

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Biotic definition

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A living factor of the environment

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Competition definition

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Relationship between organising that are trying to use the same limited resource

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Predation definition

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Relationship between two organising, where one kills and eats the other

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Mutualism definition

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Relationship between two organisms living closely together, where each benefits the other.

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Parasitism definition

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relationship between two organisms, where one lives on or in the other and feeds of it

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Commensalism definition

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Relationship between two organisms, where one benefits and the other is unharmed.

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Producer definition

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Organisms that make the food for the community

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Consumer definition

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Organisms that require a ready-made source of food

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Decomposed definition

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Organisms such as some bacteria that break down the bodies of dead organisms and animal wastes and recycle material.

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Carnivore definition

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Eats meat

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Omnivore definition

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Eats plants and meat

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Herbivore definition

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Eats plants

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15
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Food web definition

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All the linked food chains in an ecosystem

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Food chain definition

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A sequence of organisms feeding on each other

17
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Biodiversity definition

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The range of different species in a community

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Ecosystem definition

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A place where organisms and their physical surroundings form a balanced environment that is different from others nearby.