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Micro Organisms
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Biology
9th Grade
09/25/2012

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Term
Heterotrophic
Definition
Eats other organisms

Monera, protista, ANAMALIA
Term
Autotrophic
Definition
photosynthesises organisms

Monera, protista, PLANTAE.
Term
Saprophytic
Definition
Breaks down dead or decaying organisms

Monera, protista, FUNGI
Term
Chemotrophic
Definition
Breaks down chemical compounds in extreme environments.

Archeobacteria
Term
Prokaryotic
Definition
Cell w/ NO nucleus
Term
Eukaryotic
Definition
Cell w/ A NUCLEUS
Term
Characteristics of living things
Definition
Secrete fluids
Reproduce
get and use Energy
Develop as they grow
made of Cells
Respond to the environment
Grow and gain mass
Term
Biotic potential is influenced by (these 5 things)
Definition
age average individual first reproduces,
average frequency of births per year,
average number of kids per event,
reproductive lifespan,
average death rate under ideal conditions
Term
Environmental resistance comes in these two forms
Definition
Density dependent and density independent are two forms of
Term
density dependent

density independent
Definition
dependent on density 4 it to affect population
Doesn't depend on density to affect population
Term
(how) Prey influences predator
Definition
less prey = less predators
more prey = generally more predators come to feed
(___ helps ____)
Term
Carrying the seeds of its own destruction means
Definition
because of growth exponentially,the destruction is exponential
(what does this mean?)
Term
(How) predator help prey
Definition
clean the gene pool of the weak and old so only the strong reproduce
(__ helps___)
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