Ecology Flashcards

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1
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Living

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Biotic

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Non-living

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Abiotic

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3
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Species living in one geographical location

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Population

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A community of organisms

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Ecosystem

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5
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Parts of Earth where life exists

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Biosphere

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6
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Animals that eat plants

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Herbivore

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7
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An area where living organisms live together

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Community

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8
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1 Eats meat 2 has canines

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Carnivore

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9
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Eats meat and plants

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Omnivore

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10
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Ranking system of what animals eat

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Food Chain

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A system of lines that shows what animals eat

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Food web

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12
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It shows an ecosystems loss of energy

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Energy pyramid

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13
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A number of animals a ecosystem can support

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Carrying Capacity

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14
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An animal that is eaten by predetors

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Prey

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15
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Animals that eat animals

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Predator

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16
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A symbiotic relationship

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Mutualism

17
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A relationship between two organisms which benefits one organism and does not affect the other

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Commensalism

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A relationship between two animals where a parasite take nutrients from the other organism

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Parasitism

19
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They produce food

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Producers

20
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They decompose other animals

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Decomposers

21
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A place with little moisture

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Desert

22
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A humid wet forest

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Tundra

23
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Forests which their trees’ leaves fall off

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Temperate deciduous forest

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Humid and biologically diverse forest

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Tropical rain forest

25
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A forest that has a lot of conifers

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Coniferous forest

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Grasslands with scattered trees

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Savanna

27
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Flat terrain with little to no trees

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Temperate grassland