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What do plants take in during photosynthesis

sunlight, minerals, water and CO2

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These organisms produce energy through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis.
What are autotrophs?
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Two or more organisms of the same species.
What is a population?
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A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.
What is commensalism?
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The clownfish and the sea anemone are a famous example of a symbiotic relationship. The sea anemone offers the clownfish protection and leftover food while the sea anemones are given better water circulation because the clownfish fan their fins while swimming about. .

What type of symbiotic relationship is this?

Mutualism 

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Non-living factors in a community are called..
What is abiotic factors?
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These organisms are herbivores, therefore they are called ______________ consumers.
What is primary?
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Includes all of the area in which life is found on Earth.
What is the biosphere?
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A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is harmed.
What is parasitism?
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All the populations in an area are called a ....

What is community?
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Something that only eats plants
What is a herbivore?
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These organisms are typically at the top of the food chain. They are called tertiary consumers or ______ predators.

What is apex?

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List the levels of the enviroment from smallest to largest

organism

population

community

ecosystem 

biosphere

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A relationship between two species in which both species benefit.
What is mutualism?
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A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms.
What is a scavenger?
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An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms.
What is a decomposer?
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This is a way to show how energy in a food web is allocated. Usually there is a large base and a pointed top.
What is an energy pyramid?
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Two or populations of species.
What is a community?
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An interaction in which one organism kills another for food.
What is predation?
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An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism.
What is prey?
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What do plants release in photosynthesis

Oxygen

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Explain how limiting factors can limit the carry capacity in an ecosystem

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All the biotic and abiotic factors in an area

What is an ecosystem?

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Two or more organisms competing for the same resource.
What is competition?
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Give 2 examples of how biotic and abiotic factors interact in an ecosystem. 

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