Biology: Sustainable Ecosystems

To memories the key terms of each uint studied in grade nine acidemic science. 

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all living organisms in their physical and chemical environment.
Ecosystem
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Living things, their remains, and features ...i.e. a nest.
Biotic
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the non-living physical and chemical components of an ecosystem...i.e. a rock.
Abiotic
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Natural pond, lake, or river.
Natrural Ecosystem
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Human made pond, lake, or river.
Artificial Ecosystem
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A sequence of organisms, each feeding om the next, showing how energy flows in an ecosystem.
Food Chain
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A representation of the feeding relationships in an ecosystem.
Food Web
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An organism that creates its own food using the sun's energy.
Producer
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An organism that gains energy by consuming other organims.
Consumer
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Producer
Autotroph
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Consumer
Heterotrph
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Any class of organisms that occupy the same position in a food chain, as primary, secondary, and tertiary consumers.
Trophic Level
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Consumers plants only.
Herbivore
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Consumers meat only.
Carnivore
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Consumes both plants and animals.
Omnivore
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The variety of life in a particular ecosystem; biological diversity.
Biodiversity
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Amount of organisms in an area.
Population
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a group of organisms in an area.
Community
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The function or role that a species serves in an ecosystem.
Ecological Niche
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A process in which the sun's energy is turned into chemical energy.
Photosynthesis
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a substance used to kill pests.
Pesticide
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the increase in concentration of a substance, sch as pesticide, as it moves higher in the food change.
Bioamplification
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The fertile, upper part of the soil.
Topsoil
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the bed of the earth or earthy material immediately under the surface soil. Also called under-soil.
Subsoil
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Unbroken solid rock, overlaid in most places by soil or rock fragments.
Bedrock
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A species that is no longer living.
Extinct
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A species that is at risk of extinction.
Endangered
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Endangered in one area but populated in another.
Extirpated
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Open to moral attack, criticism, temptation, etc.:
Vulnerable
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An ecosystem that is maintained by nature.
Sustainable ecosystem
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A large geological region defined by climate (precipitation and temperature) with a specific set of biotic and abiotic features.
Biome
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Card 2

Front

Living things, their remains, and features ...i.e. a nest.

Back

Biotic

Card 3

Front

the non-living physical and chemical components of an ecosystem...i.e. a rock.

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

Natural pond, lake, or river.

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

Human made pond, lake, or river.

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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