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Term 2 Week 8 Flashcards

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What is a Producer

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An organism that provides its own food

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What is a Herbivore

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Animals that only eat plants

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What is a Carnivore

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Animals that eats other animals

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What is an Omivore

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Consumer that eats plants and animals

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What is a Decomposer

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Organisms that break down dead organisms

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What is an Autotroph

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Plants (Producers) they make their own food referred to as self feeders

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What is a Heterotroph

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Eats other organisms and their products, can’t make own food

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What is the Linnaeus system of classification

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The classification of living things includes 7 levels: kingdom, phylum, classes, order, families, genus, species

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How are living things classified

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They are classified on there characteristics and physical attributes

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Why are living things classified

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We classify animals to identify them

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What is a species

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A group of living organisms sharing similar characteristics and traits

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What is the binomial naming of a species

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It is a formal naming system that consists of two parts first part (genus) the second part (species) and mainly has Latin roots but it can have other

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What is an ecosystem

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An ecosystem is an area that contains Biotic and Abiotic factors

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How do physical surroundings affect an ecosystem

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If the environment is hot and not enough water the flora and fauna will adapt to live there

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What are populations

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Group of organisms of the same species in the same area

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What are two things that flow through a food chain

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Energy and matter

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What is photosynthesis

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Photosynthesis is a process that plants go through to gather energy

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What is the primary source for energy used by all organisms

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The sun

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What is the average amount of energy that passes from one feeding level to the next in the food chain

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500kj

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What is a Food Web

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A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains

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What is an Apex Predator

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An apex predator is a animal that has no natural occurring predators

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What are microbes

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A microbe is a single cell oldest form of life they are a microorganism

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What are fungi

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Fungi are decomposers that gain their nutrients from the ground

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What are some examples of Microbes and Fungi

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Microbes - Fungi, Bacteria, Algae and Viruses

Fungi - Eomycota, Glomeromy, Sac Fungi and Zygomycota

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Why are microbes and fungi important in an ecosystem

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Because they are the ‘cleaners’ of the ecosystem this is because they eat dead or decaying animals

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