First Semester Finals Flashcards

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Energy pyramid

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A model that shows the available amount of energy in each tropic layer in an ecosystem

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Succession

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The sequence of communities that develop in an area

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Food chain

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One set of feeding relationships

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Food web.

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Multiple sets of feeding relation ships

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Producer

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An organism that produces its own food

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Consumer

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A creature that eats other animals

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Biome

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A large community for animals

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Ecology

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Aa branch of biology that deals with living creatures

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Nitrogen cycle

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The series of steps where nitrogen compounds are in converted into the inviroment and living beings

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Water cycle

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The cycle of prices by witch water circulate between earths oceans, atmosphere , and land

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Carbon cycle

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A natural cycle where compounds are imported into living tissues

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Biotic factors

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Living things in a biome

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Abiotic factors

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The non living creatures in a biome

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Predator

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An animal that feeds on prey

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Prey

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An animal that eats producers

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Levels of organism

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These are cells, tissue, organs,organ system, and organisms

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Lab safety rules

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All chemicals are dangerous, never touch fire, if a spill ask a teacher.

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Metric system

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Milli, li, gr

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Dependent variable

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The measurement in variables

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Independent variable

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The variable that changes

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Constant variable

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The variable that doesn’t change

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Hypothesis

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A scientific question