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unit 6 Flashcards

1
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ecology

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study of relationships between organisms and their environment

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2
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habitat

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where you live

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niche

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role in the ecosystem

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4
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biosphere

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all the parts of earth where living things exist

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5
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biomes

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all ecosystems of similar climate

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6
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ecosystem

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all biotic and abiotic

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7
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biotic factors

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living things

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abiotic factors

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non-living things

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community

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all the different populations in an area (trees, sheep, grasses, insects)

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populations

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all of one species in one area

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organism

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one individual

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12
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food chain

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shows energy flow through an ecosystem

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food web

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more complex, shows many possible food chains together

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producers

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make their own food

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15
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consumers

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get energy by eating other organisms

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autotrophs

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producers

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heterotrophs

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consumers

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herbivores

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only eat plants

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carnivores

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eat only meat

20
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omnivores

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eat plants and animals

21
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scavengers

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eat already dead organisms

22
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decomposers

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break down dead organic material

23
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what limits the number of organisms in each trophic level?

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energy

24
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how much energy is lost at each level?

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90%

25
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photosynthesis

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autotrophs use co2 and suns energy to make food for growth and energy

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cellular respiration

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consumers eat food and release co2

27
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fossil fuels

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coal, oil, gas (made from organic material) release co2 when burned

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density dependent factors

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things that happen because of an ecosystems size

29
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density independent factors

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things that happen regardless of an ecosystem’s size

30
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examples of density-dependent factors

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-predation
-disease
-parasitism

31
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examples of density-independent factors

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-deforestation
-natural disasters
-severe frost

32
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what are the 6 main biomes?

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taiga, grasslands, tundra, deciduous forest, tropical rain forest, desert

33
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taiga

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a cool forest of conifers in the upper northern hemisphere

34
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deciduous forest

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a forest biome with many kinds of trees tat lose their leaves each autumn

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tropical rain forest

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a hot, humid biome near the equator with much rainfall and a wide variety of life

36
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desert

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a sandy or rocky biome with little precipitation and little plant life

37
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tundra

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a cold biome of the fr north, the ground is frozen even in summer

38
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grasslands

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a biome where grasses, not trees, are the main plant life

39
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what is biodiversity

A

variety of species on earth

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