Test 3 Flashcards

(28 cards)

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Compounds containing the elements carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen

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Carbohydrates

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Total amount of organisms per unit volume

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Biomass

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Organism that eats animals

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Carnivore

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A symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected

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Commensalism

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Organisms that eat other organisms

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Consumers

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Organisms that eat dead plant and animals as well as animal waste

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Decomposers

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The transfer of energy from the sun to producers to consumers describes groups of organisms each of which is dependent in another for food

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Food chain

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Interrelated food chains in an ecosystem the feeding relationships between various plants and animals

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Food web

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Organism that eats only plants

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Herbivore

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A chemical reaction where water is used to break down compounds, typically occurs when food is digested

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Hydrolysis

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10
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Shrimp like zooplankton

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Krill

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High energy nutrients such as fate and oils

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Lipids

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A chemical process in which animals break down and utilize nutrients

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Metabolism

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Naturally occurring inorganic elements and compounds found in water and soul that do not contain the element carbon

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Minerals

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A symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit

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Mutualism

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Any organic or inorganic material that an organism needs to metabolize grow and reproduce

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Organism that eats both plants and animals

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A symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is harmed

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The process plants use to make the sugar glucose from water, carbon dioxide, and the energy in sunlight

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Photosynthesis

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Small usually microscopic plant plankton that float it drift in the ocean

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Phytoplankton

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Organisms that eat plants

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Primary consumers

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Organisms that make their own food through photosynthesis

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Complex organic compund made up of amino acids

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Animals that eat the remains of already dead animals and plants

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Organisms that eat primary consumers but may also eat producers
Secondary consumers
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A permanent close relationship between two organisms that benefits at least one of them
Symbiosis
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Organisms that eat secondary consumers but may also eat primary consumers and producers
Tertiary consumers
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Small usually microscopic animal plankton that float or drift in the ocean
Zooplankton