Noviembre 7 Men Flashcards

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Is an individual living thing

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Organism

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Is a group of the same species that lives in one area

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Population

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Is a group of different species that live together in one area

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Community

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Includes all of the organisms as well , as the climate , soil , water , rocks and other nonliving things given in an area

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Ecosystem

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Is a major regional or global community of organisms characterized by the climate conditions and plant communities that thrive there

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Biome

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What includes every ecosystem?

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Both living and nonliving things

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What are biotic factors

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Living things

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4 examples of biotic factors

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Plants
Animals
Fungi
Bacteria

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What are the abiotic factors?

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Nonliving things

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10
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5 examples of abiotic factors

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Moisture
Temperature
Wind
Sunlight
Soil
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Is the assortment, or variety , of living things in an ecosystem

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Biodiversity

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12
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Have more biodiversity than other locations in the world , but are threatened by human activities

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Rain forest

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13
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Is a species that has an unusually large effect on its ecosystem

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Keystone species

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14
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Keystone species form and maintain :

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A complex web of life

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15
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Life in an ecosystem requires..

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A source of energy

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16
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Provide energy for other organisms in an ecosystem

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Producer

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Is the study of relationships among organisms and their environment

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Ecology

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18
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Provide energy for other organisms in an ecosystem

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Producers

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19
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Get their energy from non-living resources

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Producers

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20
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How are called the producers

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Autotrophs

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21
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Are organisms that get their energy by eating other living or once-living resources

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Consumers

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22
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Consumers are also called:

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Heterotrophs

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23
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In most producers uses sunlight as an energy source

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Photosynthesis

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24
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In prokaryote producers uses chemicals as an energy resources

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Chemosynthesis

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Model the flow of energy in an ecosystem
Food chains and food webs
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Is a model that shows a sequence of feeding relationships
Food chain
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Links species by their feeding relationships
Food chain
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Follows the connection between one producer and a single chain of consumers within an ecosystem
Food chain
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Eat only plants
Herbivores
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Eat only animals
Carnivores
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Eat both plants and animals
Omnivores
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Eat dead organic matter
Detritivores
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Are detritivores that break down organic matter into simpler compounds
Decomposers
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Are consumers that primarily eat one specific organism or a very small number of organisms
Specialist
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Are consumers that have a varying diet
Generalists
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Are the nourishment levels in a food chain
Trophic levels
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Are herbivores that eat producers
Primary consumers
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Are carnivores that eat herbivores
Secondary consumers
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Are carnivores that eat secondary consumers
Tertiary consumers
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Such as humans that eat both plants and animals
Omnivores
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A complex way of feeding relationships
Food web
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The distribution of energy and matter in an ecosystem
Pyramid model
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compare energy used by producers and other organisms on trophic levels
Energy pyramids
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About how many percent do it is lost in the atmosphere by the heat
90 percent so we only have 10
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Is a measure of the total dry mass of organisms in a given area
Biomass
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Shows the numbers of individual organisms at each trophic level in an ecosystem
Pyramid of numbers
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Is all aspects of the area in which an organism lives
Habitat
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What include a habitat
Biotic factors | Abiotic factors
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Includes all of the factors that a species needs to survive , stay healthy, and reproduce
Niche
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What includes a niche
Food Water Behavior Oxygen
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Occurs when 2 species use resources in the same way
Competition
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Keeps 2 species from occupying the same niche
Competitive exclusion
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Are species that occupy similar niches but live in different geographical regions
Ecological equivalents
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Two important ways in which organisms interact
Competition and predation
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Occurs when 1 organism captures and eats another
Predation
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Both organism benefit
Mutualism
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The 3 types of symbiotic relationships
Mutualism Commensalism Parasitism
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One organism wins , the other is unharmed
Commensalism
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One organism benefit and the other is harmed
Parasitism
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What is biology
The study of life
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4 characteristics of all living things
Need of energy Response to environment Reproduction and development Cells