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LESSON 2: ELEMENTS, ORGANISMS, ECOSYSTEMS Flashcards

1
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Organisms compete for resources for their survival

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competition

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2
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competition within species

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Intraspecific

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3
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species compete with other species

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Interspecific

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4
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Organism feeds directly on another living organism

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predation

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5
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Predator and prey relationship

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predation

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6
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intimate relations among species

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Symbiosis

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7
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Both organisms benefit from each other

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Mutualism

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8
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One organism benefits while the other neither benefits nor is harmed

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Commensalism

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8
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Parasite and host relationship

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Parasitism

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9
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One organism benefits from another organism, inflicting harm or damage

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Parasitism

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10
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final recycling of organic materials

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Decomposers

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11
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eat litter, debris, dung

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Detritivores

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12
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eat dead carcasses of larger animals

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Scavengers

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13
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eat both plant and animals

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omnivores

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14
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flesh eaters

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carnivores

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15
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plant eaters

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herbivores

16
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eat producers and/or consumers

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consumers

17
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transforms light energy to chemical energy (photosynthesis)

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producers

18
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complex of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem

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food web

19
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linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another

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food chain

20
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energy is “trapped” into the system

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photosynthesis

21
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ultimate source of energy

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sun

22
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consumers who depend on other sources for their food

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heterotrophs

23
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producers who prepare their own food

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autotrophs

24
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worldwide sum of all ecosystems

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biosphere

25
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composed of a biological community and its physical environment

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ecosystems

26
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populations of different species in a particular area

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community

27
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consists of all the members of a species living in a given area at the same time

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population

28
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refers to all organisms of the same kind that are genetically similar enough to breed in nature and produce live, fertile offspring

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species

29
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individual entity that embodies the properties of life

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organism

30
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group of organs that work together to perform a certain function in an organism’s body

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organ system

31
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a group of tissues in a living organism that have been adapted to perform a specific function

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organ

32
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a group of closely associated, similar cells that work together to carry out specific functions

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tissue

33
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basic unit of life

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cell

34
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anything that has mass and occupies space

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matter

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