Elephant Vocabulary Practice

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Limiting Factor

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Any factor that restricts the growth of a population.

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Food Chain

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A single chain of organisms showing the flow of matter and energy.

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Primary Consumer

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The consumer that eats a producer directly.

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Tusklessness

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A genetic variation in elephants that leads to reduced incisor teeth, common in areas where poaching for tusks is prevalent.

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Biological Fitness

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The ability of an individual to survive and reproduce the most, passing on genes to future generations.

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Producer

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An organism that can make its own food, typically through photosynthesis.

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Secondary Consumer

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An organism that eats primary consumers.

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Tertiary Consumer

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An organism that eats secondary consumers.

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Quaternary Consumer

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An organism that eats tertiary consumers.

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Food Web

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A complex network of feeding relationships among various organisms in an ecosystem.