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What are three different types of graphs?
Bar graph, Line graph, Pie chart (Circle graph)
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What is a biotic factor?
Living parts of the environment
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What is one of any living thing called?
Organism
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What is a visual display of data called?
Graph
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What is a group of organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring?
Species
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What is an abiotic factor?
Nonliving part of the environment
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What is a group of organisms of the same species living together?
Population
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What is a niche?
The role “job” an organism plays in the environment
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What do we call several populations that interact with each other in a given area?
Community
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What term means all the living organisms that live in an area and the nonliving features of their environment?
Ecosystem
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What is a habitat?
Place where an organism lives
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What is the portion (zone) around the Earth that contains self-supporting life?
Biosphere
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What is the difference between a primary consumer and a secondary consumer?
Primary consumers eat producers, while secondary consumers eat primary consumers.
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What is Commensalism?
A feeding relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is not affected.
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On which axis is the DEPENDENT variable found?
Y-axis
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What is the difference between a Herbivore and a Carnivore?
Herbivores eat plants only, while carnivores eat meat only.
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What is Parasitism?
One organism benefits and the other is harmed
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On which axis is the INDEPENDENT variable found?
X-axis
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What term means anything that can limit the size of a population, including living and nonliving features of an ecosystem, such as predators or drought.
Limiting factors
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How do Decomposers get food/energy?
Break down and absorb nutrients from dead, decaying organisms
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What is an animal that is hunted and caught for food called?
Prey
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What is Mutualism?
Both organisms benefit from the relationship
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What is the study of the interactions that take place among organisms and their environment?
Ecology
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What is an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food called?
Predator
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What are the three important feeding relationship interactions?
Competition, Predation, and Symbiosis
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What is the largest number of individuals of a particular species that an ecosystem can support over time?
Carrying Capacity
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What four things cause changes in population size?
Mortality, Natality, Immigration, and Emigration
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What is Population Density?
The number of individuals per unit of area
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What is the formula to calculate population density?
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What is Predation?
When one animal pursues and uses another as a source of food
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What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?
A food chain shows a straight-line path of energy and nutrients, while a food web is a complex network of many food chains in an ecosystem.
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List the 8 characteristics of life.
Made of cells, Reproduce, Grow/develop, Genetic code, Energy, Respond to surroundings, Maintain stable internal environment, Evolve
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What is Biotic Potential?
The concept that a population can grow infinitely large if allowed to breed without limit
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What type of growth occurs as resources become less available, causing the population growth rate to slow or stop (S-Shaped graph)?
Logistic Growth
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What is the difference between Emigration and Immigration?
Immigration refers to individuals moving into a habitat, while Emigration refers to individuals moving out of a habitat.
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What type of growth occurs when individuals of the population reproduce at a constant rate (J-Shaped graph)?
Exponential Growth