Scuence Flashcards

(23 cards)

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Ecosystem

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The living/nonliving things in one place

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Abiotic factor

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Nonliving parts of an ecosystem

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Biotic factor

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Living. Things in a ecosystem

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4
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Population

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All of the members of one species in one area

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5
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Community

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All the population for ecosystem

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Biome

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A geographic area that contains ecosystems with similar biotic and abiotic features

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7
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Succession

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Gradual change from one Community to aNother community in an area

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Symbiosis

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A close relationship between two species

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Mutualism

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A relationship between two species in which both benefit

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Parasitism

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A relationship which one benefits and the other is harmed

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Commensalism

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Relationship between species where one is helped in the other is unaffected

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12
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Producer

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Organism that makes it’s own food

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Consumer

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An organism that feeds on other organisms

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14
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Decomposer

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Simple organism that breaks down returning it to the environment

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15
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Herbivore

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Eats plants

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Omnivore

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Eats plants and animals

17
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Carnivore

18
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Food chain

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Path of food energy from the sun to a producer

19
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Food web

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Arrangement on several overlapping food chains

20
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Energy pyramid

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Diagram that demonstrate the flow of energy through a food chain

21
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Predator

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Animal that kills and eats other animals

22
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Prey

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Organism that is killed and eaten by another animal

23
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Ecology

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