Organisms & Environment Flashcards

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Aquatic ecosystems

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included freshwater and marine biomes

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Terrestrial ecosystem

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Is a ecosystem that is on land (Ex:Desert)

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Parasitism

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Is a interaction of 2 organisms, while 1 organism benefits the other is harmed

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Mutualism

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Interaction in 2 organisms in which both benefit from each other (Ex: Fish & corals)

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Commensalism

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interaction between 2 organisms in which one benefits and the other is not affected

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Food Web

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A model that shows all the possible feeding relationships between organisms

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Trophic levels

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Autotrophs,heterotrophs,including primary consumers(herbivore and secondary consumers)

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Producer

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Which a organism produces its own food (photosynthesis) like plants

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Consumer Organism that eats other organism for

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Organisms that eat others organisms to gain energy (Ex:Carnivores,herbivores,omnivores)

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Decomposer

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Organisms that breaks down remains of a dead organisms(Ex:fungi)

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Herbivore

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Organism that only eats plant (Ex:Rabbits & Girafes

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Carnivores

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Organism that only eats meats/other animals(Ex:Hawk tigers)

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Parasite

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organism that survives on a host & cause damage to them

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Host

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organism that is used by another for nutrients,shelter,or transport it is harmed by the relationship(Ex:mosquitoes)

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Prey

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Is a organism that is hunted as food from another organism

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Predator

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Organism that hunts for its food

17
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population

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A group of living organisms of the SAME KIND living in the SAME PLACE

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Niche

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Organism job or role in a ecosystem(Ex: ladybug eating aphids)

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Community

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ALL SPECIES or POPULATIONS living in the same are

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Competition

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When more than 1 organism competes for the same foods

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Intraspecies

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when 2 of the same species compete for the same food

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Interspecies competition

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when 2 different species compete for the same food

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Invasive species vs. Native species

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invasive species mean that a species that is non-native a

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Biotic

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Is a living organism(Ex:animals plants,fungi)

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Abiotic

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Non-living parts of a ecosystem (Ex: Rocks,water,Wind,Air)