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Food Chains & Webs
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Non-living factors in a community are called..
What is abiotic factors?
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These organisms produce energy through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis.

What are autotrophs or primary producers?

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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 biome that is know for very low amounts of rain and extreme temperatures. 

What is a Desert biome?

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Something that only eats plants
What is a herbivore?
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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?
200

Study of the interactions of living things and their environment.

What is Ecology?

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A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy. Usually written on one line.
What is a food chain?
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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 more 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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An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms.

What is a decomposer?

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What is the percentage of energy LOST as it moves from producer to primary consumer to secondary consumer?
What is 90%?
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Includes all of the living and non-living things in an area.

What is an ecosystem?

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Two or more organisms competing for the same resource.
What is competition?
400

Humans are an example of this type of survivorship curve.

What is Type 1 survivorship curve?

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This principle states that " no two species that use the same niche can exist."

What is competitive exclusion princple?

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These organisms are typically at the top of the food chain. They are called ____________ consumers.

What is tertiary or apex?

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One individual
What is a organism?
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If you remove this species the ecosystem has a very high chance of collapse.

What is a Keystone species?

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A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms.
What is a scavenger?