Ecosystems and energy Flashcards
1
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Biodiversity
A
The total variety of living things on earth
2
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Species
A
A group of organisms that can produce fertile offspring
3
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Habitat
A
The place where an organism lives
4
Q
Population
A
The total number of a species in an area
5
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Community
A
All living things in an area
6
Q
Ecosystem
A
All the living and non living things in an area
7
Q
Producer
A
An organism that can ask its own food from the sun (photosynthesis)
8
Q
Consumer
A
An organism that need to eat/consume food for energy
9
Q
Herbivore
A
Eats plants
10
Q
Carnivore
A
Eats meat
11
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Omnivore
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Eats plants and meat
12
Q
Predators
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Hunts the prey
13
Q
Prey
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Gets hunted by predators
14
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Food chain
A
Shows the flow of energy from one organism to the next
15
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Food web
A
Multiple food chains with more than one passage way
