Taxonomy Flashcards

Classification of organisms according to their presumed natural relationship

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Trophic Level

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The position of an organisms in the food web

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Producers

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Organisms that do photosynthesis to gain energy

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Primary Consumer

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Organisms that consume the producers (mostly herbivores)

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Secondary Consumers

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Organisms that consume primary consumers (mostly carnivores)

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Tertiary Consumers

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Organisms that consume secondary consumers and primary consumer

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Decomposer

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Organisms that break down dead organisms

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Food Web

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Food Chain

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Abiotic

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Physical and chemical that take parts to make up an enviroment

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Biotic

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Living organisms in an enviroment

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Predator-Prety Relationship

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one specie eat another to survive

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Camouflage

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Unseen to the background

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Symbiosis

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They live together in close association with two different kinds of organisms.

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Amposematism

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Species that uses venom/poison to protect themselves

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Parasitism

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Commensalism

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Coevolution

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Limiting Factors

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Carrying Capacity

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Biological Exponential Growth

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Energy Ecological Pyramids

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Water Cycle

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Carbon Cycle

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Nitrogen

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The population cycle

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Endangered

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