Ecosystems

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Abiotic

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A non living thing

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Biotic

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A living thing that contains cells

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Niche

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Is the fit of a species living under specific environmental conditions

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Ecosystem

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A system were organisms feed of others or each other

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Predator

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A predator is when they are dominate in a predator prey

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Prey

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The victim in a predator prey relationship

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Mutualism

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Is when two animals benefit

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Symbiosis

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General name for relationships between animals

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Parasitism

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When one benefits and the other gets hurt

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Commensalism

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When one animals benefits and the other doesn’t care

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Detrivore

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Breaks dead things down using a digestive system

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Decomposer

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A species that breaks down dead things using chemicals like enzymes

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Trophic level

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The levels within a food chain, food web or food pyramid

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Chemosythetic

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describes organisms that produce organic material using energy released from chemical reactions rather than light

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Food webs

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A web of different food chains

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Food chains

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Are chains of animals that are in an ecosystem and show how energy flows

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First order

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Is the 2nd trophic level, also known as a herbivore or primary consumer

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Primary consumer

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Is a herbivore that is in the 2nd trophic level

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Second order

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Is the 3rd trophic level in a food chain, also known as the secondary consumer

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Secondary consumer

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The 3rd trophic level that is usually a carnivore

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Pyramid of numbers

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a representation of the population, or numbers of organisms, at each level within a food chain

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Pyramid of biomass

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a representation of the dry mass of organisms at each level within a food chain

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Birth rate

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the number of organisms within a population that are born within a particular period of time

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Death rate

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the number of organisms within a population that die within a particular period of time

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Immigration

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the number of individuals moving into an area

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Emigration

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the number of individuals leaving an area

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autotrophs

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Eats itself

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Producer

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organism at the base of the food chain that does not need to feed on other organisms; also known as an autotroph