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UNIT 2 List ECOLOGY RG Flashcards

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what is a abiotic factor?

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non living part of a ecosystem

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what is a biotic factor?

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Living organism in a ecosystem

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what are Autotrophs?

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an organism that can produce food by its self

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what is Bioaccumulation?

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the change of chemicals in a biological orgnaism

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what are herotrophs?

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an organism that eats other organisms to get energy

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what is Carbon Sink?

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something that absorbs carbon from the atmosphere

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what is Carnivore?

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A organism that eats consumers/meat

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what is Commensalism?

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one organism benifts while the other organism doesn’t get harm or benefit

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what is Competition?

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its when 2 organisms compete to get a limited resource

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what is a Consumer?

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an organism that eats a plant or another organism to get energy

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what is a Herbivore?

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an organism that eats plants

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what is a Habitat?

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a natural home for organisms can in live

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what is a food chain?

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it shows a graph of organism eating another organism to get energy

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what is a Food Web?

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all food chains of an ecosystem

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what is a Decomposer?

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an organism that decomposes organic materials

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what is a Ecosystem?

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an area where organisms live thogheter

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what is Leaching?

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process of water leave the soil

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what is a Energy Pyramid

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a model of levels of the flow of energy throguh thropic levels

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what is Limiting Factor

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slows or stops a species from growing in population

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what is NICHE?

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Niche is when every organism has a role to help the community

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what is mutualism?

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when one organism is benifted while the other is either benifted or unharmed

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what is a Omnivore?

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An organism that eats both animals and plants

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what is a predator?

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an animal that hunts prey

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what is a prey ?

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an animal being hunted

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what is a producer?

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a producer makes food on it own

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what I parasitism?

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when one organism benitfts while the other is harmed

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what is population?

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the amount of an object in a area

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what is predation?

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when a predator kills its prey

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what is sustainability?

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when all biological substaces are remained healthy and productive for long a time

24
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what is ocean acidification?

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amount of ph in a period of time In the ocean

25
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what is phytoplankton?

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microscopic algea

25
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what is pioneer species?

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a resilient specie that are the first to colonize an envierment

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what is secondary succession?

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climax community that is impctated by a disturbance

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what is species overshoot?

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a population passes its limit on its cappticy

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what is primary succession ?

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plants and animals colonize an untouched are of habitat

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