Ecology Flashcards
1
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Study of living things in their environment
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ecology
2
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Made from living materials
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Biotic factor
3
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nonliving
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Abiotic factor
4
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A group of organisms capable of creating and producing fertile offspring
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species
5
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All the species in an area
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population
6
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All the different species in an area
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Community
7
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Organism and abiotic factors
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Ecosystem
8
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eats meat
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Carnivore
9
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eats plants
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herbivore
10
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feeds on decaying matter
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scavenger
11
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eats plants and animals
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omnivore
12
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Consumer that feeds on the plants and animals (earthworms)
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detritivore
13
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Shows the path of food from one living thing to another
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food chain
14
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Shows how all of the food chains in an ecosystem are linked
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food web
15
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levels in the food web
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tropic level
16
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producers (bottom)
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autotroph
17
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- herbivore - plant
- carnivore - animals
- omnivore - both
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heterotrophs
18
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Gets energy by feeding on other organisms
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Consumer
