4.2 Words Flashcards

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Species

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A group of animals which have many features in common

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Population

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All the individual organisms of one particular species in a given area at one time

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Ecosystem

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Community of living things that interact with each other

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Producers

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Organisms such as plants that use photosynthesis to make their own food from the sun’s energy

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Consumer

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Organisms that relies on other organisms for its food

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Food Chain

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Beginning with a producer or producers, that shows what organisms eat.

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Autotrophs

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An organism that can produce its own nutrients

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Heterotrophs

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An organism that depends on another organisms to supply its complex molecules and energy

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Herbivores

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Animal that only eats plants

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Carnivore

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Animal that only eats meat

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Omnivore

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Animal that eats plants and meat

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Decomposers

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Small organisms that break down dead and decaying matter

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Ecological

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Specific conditions to which an organism is able to live within

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Habitat

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The place in which a particular organism live

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Intraspecific Competition

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Members of one species compete for same resources

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Host

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The organism on which the parasite feeds

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Mutualism

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A relationship between two organisms in which both benefit

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Organisms

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Living things