Keywords Flashcards
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Bionomial nomenclature
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A two part naming system made up of the species Genus and species name
2
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Photosynthesis
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Converting sun into chemical energy
3
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Autotroph
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An organism that makes its own food
4
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Commensalism
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A relationship where one organism benefits and the other organism is unaffected
5
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- Parasitism
- Parasite
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- A relationship where one organism benefits by harming or living off their host organism
- An organism that lives off a host
6
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Mutualism
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A relationship where both or all organisms benefit
7
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Heterotroph
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Organism that does not make its own food
8
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- Foodchain
- Food Web
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- A chain starting with a producer and ending with tertiary producer
- Graph showing the transfer of energy through multiple trophic levels
9
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Producer
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Can make their own food using things such as soil, light, radiation, etc. Often at the bottom of food chain
10
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Name the trophic levels
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Producer, Primary Consumer, Secondary Consumer, Tertiary Consumer
11
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Chemosynthesis
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Converting certain species specific chemicals into chemical energy
12
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Decomposers
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Organisms that rot or eat dead matter
13
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- Biotic Factors
- Abiotic Factors
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- Biotic factors are factors that are population dependent
- Abiotic factors are factors that are population independent
14
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Name a Monotreme
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platypus
15
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- Vertabrate
- Invertabrate
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- An organism with a backbone
- An organis without a backbone
