Science Vocabulary Flashcards
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Symbiosis
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A relationship in which the different organisms live in close association with each other.
2
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Predator
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Are animals that hunt other animals for food.
3
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Prey
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Is the food of the predator.
4
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Tertiary
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The level n the top of a food chain and it feeds on the secondary consumer.
5
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10% rule
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When energy is passed through an ecosystem.
6
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Energy pyramid
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A model that uses a pyramid shape to show that the energy available for consumers decreases as it travels through a typical food chain or web.
7
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mutualism
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Both species benefit sometimes depend on each other to survive.
8
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Commensalism
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One organism benefits and the other is unaffected.
9
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Parasitism
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One species [parasites] benefit from the other species [the host] which is harmed.
