Ecosystems Flashcards

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What is a carnivore?

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A consumer which eats other animals

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What is a herbivore?

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A consumer which only eats plants

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What is an omnivore?

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A consumer which eats plants and animals

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What is a producer?

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An organism which produces its own food

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What is a consumer?

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An organism which eats already made food

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What is the meaning of population?

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The number of individuals of the same species in a habitat

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What is a species?

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Organisms which can reproduce to produce fertile offspring

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What is a predator?

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An organism which hunts and eats prey

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What is the purpose of a food chain?

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To show feeding relationships from predator to consumer

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What is biodiversity?

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The variety of organisms which exists in a habitat

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What is prey?

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An organism that is eaten by predators

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What is the purpose of a food web?

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To show all feeding interactions between organisms in an ecosystem

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What is a habitat?

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The place where an organism lives

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What is a community?

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All of the organisms living in a particular area

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What is an ecosystem?

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All organisms living in a habitat and the non-living components which they interact with

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What is a niche?

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The role an organism plays within its community

17
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What is interspecific competition?

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Competition between members of different species for one or a few of the same resourced that they need

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What is intraspecific competition?

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Competition between members of the same species for all resources they need

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Which is more intense: interspecific or intraspecific competition?

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Intraspecific competition, as members of the same species occupy the exact same niches