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Ecology LG Flashcards

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What does MRS GREN stand for explain each

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Movement
Respiration
Sensitivity

Growth
Reproduction
Excretion
Nutrition

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Who discovered the theory of evolution

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Charles darwin

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What do animals compete for

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Food
Water
Mates
Territory

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What are carnivores herbivores and omnivores

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Carnivores only eat meat Herbivores only eat veg and omnivores eat both

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What is an apex predator

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An apex predator is an animal that is at the top of the food chain and cannot be hunted

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What is a producer

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An organism that can make its own food

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What is the chemical and word equation for photosynthesis?

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Carbon dioxide + Water —> Glucose + Oxygen
6C2O + 6H2O—–>C6H12O2 + 6O2

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What is the word equation for aerobic respiration

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Oxygen + Glucose —-> Carbon Dioxide + Water

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What is the word equation for anaerobic respiration

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Glucose—->Lactic acid

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What is the word equation for anaerobic respiration in plants and fungi

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Glucose—> Ethanol+ Carbon dioxide

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What is the order of class family genus kingdom domain species phylum order?

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Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species

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What is classification

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Classification is used to determine what group of organisms does a being fit into

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What are the five kingdoms of life

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Animals Plants Fungi Protoctists Prokaryotes

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What are the three domains

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Bacteria Archaea Eukaryota

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What is a population

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A group of one type of species

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Whats a community

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A group of different populations

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What interspecific and intraspecific

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Interspecific means different species fighting for things Intraspecific is same species

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What are scavengers and decomposers

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Decomposers feed off the biomass of dead animals so that they can transfer this to other organisms
Scavengers are animals that hunt for dead animals that have already been hunted

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Order of the Earth’s Ecological Structure

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Biosphere
Biome
Ecosystem
Community
Population
Individual

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What is the difference between an abiotic and biotic factor

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Abiotic is a non living factor
Biotic is living

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