SIXTH PERIOD: 6.LS2.1-6.LS2.5 Vocab Flipbook 3

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What is an organism that uses an outside energy source, such as the Sun, and produces its own food?

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Producer

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What model shows the amount of energy available in each link of a food chain?

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Energy Pyramid

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What is the principle that states energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transferred from one form to another?

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Law of Conservation of Energy

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What do we call organisms that eat producers, also known as herbivores, making up the second trophic level?

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Primary Consumers

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What rule states that only 10% of the energy entering a particular trophic level of organisms is available for transfer to the next higher trophic level?

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10% Rule

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What is the term for the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem?

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Biodiversity

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What is a group of organisms of the same species living in the same area at the same time?

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Population

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What is the term for the role or function of an organism or species within an ecosystem?

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Niche

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What do we call the interconnected food chains in an ecosystem?

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Food Web

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What is the term for the maximum number of individuals of a species that an environment can support?

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Carrying Capacity