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VOCAB BIO Flashcards

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Homeostasis

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Regulation of an Organisms internal conditions to maintain life

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Peer review

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The process in which an experiment and it’s results is evaluated by another student who is conducting similar research.

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Hypothesis

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A testable explanation of a situation

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Dependent variable

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Depends on the changes to the independant variable

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Independent Variable

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the tested factor that might affect the outcome of the experiment

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Control group

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The group that does not receive the factor being tested

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Experimental Group

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The Group receiving the factor being tested

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Biota

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The organisms that live in a specific environment

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Abiota

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The non-living parts of an ecosystem

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Population

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the number of a single species that share the same geographical location

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Community

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Groups of interacting populations that live in the same location at the same time

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Biome/Ecosystem

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A Biological community and all the abiotic factors that affect it.
A BIOME is a large group of ecosystems that share the same climate and similar communities

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Competition

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the interaction between two or more organisms need a resource that is in limited supply

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Symbiosis

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The close relationship between two or more species living together.

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Mutualism

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Symbiosis when both species benefit

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Commensalism

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Symbiosis where one species benefits and the other is not helped or harmed

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Paristitism

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Symbiosis where one organism benefits at the expense of another.

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Autotroph

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An organism that collects energy from sunlight or inorganic substances to make food. Producers

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Heterotroph

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an organism that gets its energy from eating other organisms. Consumers or animals

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Saprotroph

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An organism that feeds on non-living organic matter (Decomposers)

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Herbovore

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A Heterotroph that eats only plants

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Carnivore

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A Heterotroph that eats other heterotrophs (animals)

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Omnivore

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Heterotroph that eats both plants and animals

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Detritavore

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Eat fragments of dead matter

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Pyramid of Energy

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A Model used by ecologists to show the amount of energy at each trophic level. each level decreases by 90%. Read it on Pg. 44 (it makes more sense in the book)

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Pyramid of Biomass

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Each level represents the amount of biomass consumed by the level above it. Read it on Pg.44 (it makes more sense in the book)

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Pyramid of Numbers

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Each level represents the number of individual organisms consumed by the level above it. Read it on Pg.44 (it makes more sense in the book)

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Evaporation

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The process of turning liquid water into vapor

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Condensation

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the process of turning vapor into liquid

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Transpiration

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the physiological loss of water from plants through evaporation.

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Precipitation

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water that falls to the ground in the form of rain, sleet, snow, or hail

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Percolation

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when water runs down through the soil due to gravity

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Runoff

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occurs when water runs on the surface because there is more than the land can absorb

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Deposition

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The laying down of sediment by water, wind, or ice

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Respiration

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the action of breathing.

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Sedimentation

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the process of settling of sediment

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Diffusion

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The dispersing of something more widely

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Nitrogen Fixation

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Capturing and converting Nitrogen into a form usable by plants

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Nitrification

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Where organisms in the soil convert ammonia into nitrogen compounds that are used by plants

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Denitrification

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where soil organisms turn fixed nitrogen compounds into nitrogen gas

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Limiting Factor

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Any abiotic or biotic factor that limits population, reproduction, or distribution of organisms. Ex. fire, sunlight, heat etc

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Succession

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when one community replaces another

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Climax Community

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occurs when there is a mature stable community with little change in species composition (ecosystem)

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Weather

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condition of the atmosphere at a specific time/place

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Climate

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the average weather conditions in an area

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Plankton

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an organism that is carried by tides or current because it is not strong enough to swim

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Density Dependent Factor

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any factor that DOES depend on the number of members in a population area Ex. competition, parisites,

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Density Independent Factor

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any factor that does not depend on the number of members in a population. ex abiotic factors like fire, weather, temp

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Exponential Growth

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a model that shows greater increase over passing time

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Carrying Capacity

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Maximum number of individuals in a species that an environment can support long term

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Biomass

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The total weight of organisms in a given area

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