yES Flashcards

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biotic

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describes living factors in the environment

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abiotic

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describes the nonliving part of the environment including water rocks light and temperature.

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population

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a group of organisms of the same species that live in a septic geographical area

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community

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all the population of species that live in the same habitat and interact with each other.

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5
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. Ecosystem

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a community of organisms and their abiotic environment

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Biosphere

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the part of the earth where life exits

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Herbivore

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an organism that eats plants

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Carnivore

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an organism that eats animals

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Omnivore

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an organism that etas plants and animals

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Food chain

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A food chain is a linear network of links in a food web starting from producer organisms and ending at an apex predator species, detritivores, or decomposer species.

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Food web

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A food web is the natural interconnection of food chains and a graphical representation of what-eats-what in an ecological community.

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Energy pyramid

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n ecological pyramid is a graphical representation designed to show the biomass or bio productivity at each tropic level in a given ecosystem.

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Carrying capacity

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the largest population that a movement can support at any given time

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Prey

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an animal that is hunted and killed by another for food.

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Predator

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an organists that eats all of the parts of another organism

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Mutualism

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the doctrine that mutual dependence is necessary to social well-being.

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Commensalism

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an association between two organisms in which one benefits and the other derives neither benefit nor harm.

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  1. Parasitism
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parasitism, relationship between two species of plants or animals in which one benefits at the expense of the other, sometimes without killing the host organism.

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Producers

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Producers: Photosynthesizing organisms.

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Decomposers

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an organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material.

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Desert

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A desert is a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life.

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Tundra

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In physical geography, tundra is a type of biome where the tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons.

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emperate deciduous forest

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Temperate deciduous or temperate broad-leaf forests are a variety of temperate forest ‘dominated’ by trees that lose their leaves each year.

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. Tropical rainforest

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Tropical rainforests are rainforests that occur in areas of tropical rainforest climate in which there is no dry season

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Coniferous forest
Temperate coniferous forest is a terrestrial biome defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. Temperate coniferous forests are found predominantly in areas with warm summers and cool winters
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Savanna
A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close
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Temperate grassland
Temperate grasslands are areas of open grassy plains that are sparsely populated with trees.