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Autotrophs

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An organism that produces their own food. Also known as producers

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Heterotrophs

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An organism that consumes food from autotrophs . Also known as consumers

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Photosynthesis

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The food making process in plants

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Fat

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Organic substance solid at room temperature

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Metabolism

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Chemical reaction occurring within an organism that enable that organism to use energy and grow and repair cells

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Cellular Respiration

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the chemical reaction involving oxygen that moves the energy in glucose into the compound ATP. The body is able to use the energy contained in ATP.

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Aerobic respiration

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The chemical breakdown of food using oxygen. This reaction requires enzymes to speed up the reaction

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Glycolysis

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Process which glucose is converted into a simpler form

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Cytosol

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The fluid inside cells

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Krebs Cycle

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Process where ATP and carbon dioxide are produced

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Mitochondria

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Organelle that supplies energy to all other parts of the cell

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Anaerobic respiration

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Chemical breakdown of food without oxygen

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Lactic acid

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Product of anaerobic respiration

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Ethanol

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Product of anaerobic respiration in plants

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Obligate Anaerobes

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Organisms than only respire using anaerobic respiration

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Organism

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A living thing

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Species

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A group of living organisms able to interbreed with each other

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Population

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A group of organisms of the same species living in a particular area at a particular time

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Community

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More than one population living in an area

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Ecosystem

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Communities of organisms that interact with each other

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Ecology

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The study of ecosystems

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Decomposers

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Organisms that break down organic matter into inorganic materials

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Herbivores

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Animals that eat only plants

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Primary consumers/first-order consumer

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The first consumer in a food chain

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Carnivores

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Animals that eat other animals

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Omnivores

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Animals that eat plants and other animals

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Detrivores

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An animal that feeds on and breaks down dead plant or animal matter

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Ecological niche

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The position of a species or population in its ecosystem in relation to each other

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Competition

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Struggle among organisms for food territory and other factors

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Parasitism

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An interaction in which one species (the parasite) lives in or on another species (the host) from which it obtains food, shelter and other requirements

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Mutualism

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Relationship between two different organisms in which both benefit

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Commensalism

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Relationship between organisms where one benefits and the other is unaffected

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Interspecific competition

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Competition between organisms of the same species

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Intraspecific competition

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Competition between organisms of different species

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Predator-prey relationship

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Relationship between organisms in which one species (the predator) kills and eats another species (the prey)

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Symbiotic relations

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Very close relationship between two organisms of different species. It may benefit or harm one of the partners

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Chemosynthetic

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Organisms that produce organic material using energy from chemical reaction

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Food chains

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How energy is stored in one organism and passed to the other

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Food web

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Several food chains put together

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Tropic level

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Level within a food chain or web or pyramid

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First order

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Organism in the second trophic level

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Second order

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Organism in the third trophic level

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Energy pyramid

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A representation of the level of food energy at each level of a food chain

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Pyramid of numbers

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Representation of population at each level within a food chain

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Pyramid of biomass

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Representation of the dry mass of organisms at each level within a food chain

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Birth rate

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Number of organisms born during a particular time period

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Death rate

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Number of organisms that die within a particular time period

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Immigration

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Number of individuals moving into an area

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Emigration

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The number of individuals leaving an area

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Exponential growth

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Rapid increase of number and size

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Sigmoid

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The shape of a graph showing an increasing population

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Equilibrium/Steady state/plateau phase

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A state in which conditions are balanced no there is no growth or decline in number

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Zero population growth

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The point at which birth and death cancel each other out

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Carrying capacity

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The maximum population size that a particular environment can sustain