Test 3 Flashcards

1
Q

What is a living thing?

A

A living thing is an Organism.

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2
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What is an ecosystem?

A

An ecosystem is made of the community of organisms in an area and their non-living surroundings.

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3
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What factors are the living parts of a habitat?

A

Abiotic

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4
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What factors are the nonliving parts of a habitat?

A

Botic

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5
Q

Identify if a factor is biotic or abiotic?

sunlight

A

Abtoic

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6
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Identify if a factor is biotic or abiotic?

plant

A

Biotic

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7
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Identify if a factor is biotic or abiotic?

animal

A

Biotic

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8
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Identify if a factor is biotic or abiotic?

dirt

A

Abtoic

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9
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Identify if a factor is biotic or abiotic?

temperature

A

Abtoic

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10
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Identify if a factor is biotic or abiotic?

bacteria

A

Biotic

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11
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What is a group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce fertile offspring?

A

Species

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12
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What are all the members of a species in a particular area?

A

Population

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13
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What are all the different populations that live together in an area make up?

A

community

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14
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What is the name for something that is able to make its own food?

A

Producers

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15
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What is the name for something that has to eat to gain energy?

A

Consumer

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16
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at is an organism that kills another for food?

A

Predaor

17
Q

What is an organism that is killed for food?

A

Prey

18
Q

What is an interaction between two species in which at least one benefits?

A

Comesulism

19
Q

What is mutualism?

A

Where both befits

20
Q

What is parasitism?

A

Where one benefits and the other is harmed

21
Q

What is commensalism?

A

Commensalism is where one benefits and the other is not affected

22
Q

able to identify what type of symbiosis is present.

Golden jackals, once they have been expelled from a pack, will trail a tiger to feed on the remains of its kills.

A

Comensailm

23
Q

Mistletoe absorbs nutrients from the tree

A

Parastism

24
Q

The bee and the flower. Bees fly from flower to flower gathering nectar, which they make into food, and the bees carry pollen to other flowers.

A

Multalism

25
Q

What is the total number of individuals that can be sustained indefinitely by an ecosystem?

A

Carrying capacity

26
Q

What is a limiting factor?

A

Anything that controls the population

27
Q

What is the total number of individuals that can be sustained indefinitely by an ecosystem?

A

Carrying capacity

28
Q

Where does a producer receive its energy from?

A

Sun

29
Q

What is an organism that breaks down waste and dead organisms to return raw materials to the environment?

A

Detrivore

30
Q

What describes the feeding relationship between a producer and a single chain of consumers in an ecosystem?

A

Food chain

31
Q

What is a model that shows energy flow through different organisms in an ecosystem?

A

Food Web

32
Q

Which level of the food web or food chain contains the most energy?

A

The producers

33
Q

What is the location an organism has in a food web?

A

The trophic level

34
Q

In a pyramid of numbers representing an ecosystem, which level has the largest number of organisms?

A

The bottom, Producers

35
Q

What is an omnivore?

A

Eats everything

36
Q

What is a herbivore?

A

Eats plants

37
Q

What is a carnivore?

A

Eats meat