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Topic 1 Ecosystems Flashcards

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What is an Ecosystem?

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All organisms living in a particular area and the non-living things they interact with.

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What is a species?

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A group of genetically similar organisms that interbreed to produce fertile offspring

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What is a species?

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A group of genetically similar organisms that interbreed to produce fertile offspring

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Define population

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A group of organisms of the same species

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What is a community?

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All animals + plants living in a certain area

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What is a habitat ?

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A place where organisms live

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Define niche

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The role an organism plays in a community

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What is a producer ?

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Green plants that are able to produce their own food by conveying sun energy into chemical energy

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What is a consumer ?

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They eat plants/animals to obtain energy

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What is a herbivore ?

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An animal that only eats plant material

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What is a carnivore ?

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An animals they only eats animal material

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What is an omnivore ?

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An animal that eats both plant and animal material

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What is a predator ?

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An animals which hunts other animals

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What is prey ?

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An animal that is hunted for food

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What do arrows in a food chain represent ?

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Flow of energy

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Define food web

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A more complex relationship with interlocking arrows

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How does competition in an ecosystem occur ?

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When a recourse is I Short supply

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What is interspecific competition?

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Between different species

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What is intraspecific competition ?

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The same species

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