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Definitions Flashcards

1
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Terrestrial

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Habitat on earth

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Aquatic

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Habitat underwater

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Atmosphere

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Layer of gas surrounding the earth
Is a blanket to moderate temperature
Blocks solar radiation

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Lithosphere

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Earths solid outer layer
Makes up mountains,ocean floors etc

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Hydrosphere

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All earths water in solid liquid and gas forms

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Biosphere

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Life can exist within the lithosphere

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Ecosystem

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All living organisms that share a region and interact with each other and their non-living environment

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Abiotic factors

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Non- living components of an ecosystem

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Biotic factors

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Living components of an eco system

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Community

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A collection of all the populations in a habitat or ecosystem

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Sustainability

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The ability to maintain an ecological valence (without interruption )

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Sustainable ecosystem

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An ecosystem that is maintained through a natural process

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Artificial ecosystem

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Artificially created and maintained by human actions

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14
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Ecological niche

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The role of species within its ecosystem including what it eats and behaves

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Producer

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An organism that produces its own food

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Consumer

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An organism that consumes other organisms for energy

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Sequence of organisms

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how energy is transferred from one organism to the other

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Examples of consumers

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Herbivore - eats plants and producers
Carnivore - eats other animals
Omnivore - eats both plants and animals
Scavenger - feeds on the remains

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Trophic levels

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the position of an organism along a food chain

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Detritus

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Waste from plants/ animals and dead remains

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Food web

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Representation of the feeding relationships within a community

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Biomes

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A large geographical region defined by climate (rain and temperature)

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Oligotrophic

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Body of water that is low in nutrients

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Eutrophic

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Body of water that is rich in nutrients

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Watershed

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Area of land through which water drains into a single river or lake

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