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Chapter 7
Food Chain
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5th Grade
03/05/2013

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4 basic needs of all living things
Definition
1. food
2. water
3. shelter
4. protection from consumers
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instincts
Definition
God-given, inherited, basic knowledge and skills that an animal needs for survival
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difference between food web and food chain
Definition
a food chain shows only one source of food, but a food web consists of several food chains linked together
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symbosis
Definition
a special partnership in which two species interact with each other over a long period of time
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community
Definition
all the different species that live in a particular ecosystem
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population
Definition
all the organisms of the same species that live in an ecosystem
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predator
Definition
an animal that hunts and eats other animals
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omnivore
Definition
an organism that eats both plants and animals
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niche
Definition
an organisms specific function or job
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parasite
Definition
any organism that lives on or in another organism and takes its food from that organism
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learned
Definition
behaviors that are not inherited
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ecosystem
Definition
consists of all the living organisms and their environment in a certain section of the earth
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competition
Definition
occurs whenever two or more organisms are trying to use the same resources
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individual
Definition
one living organism
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decomposers
Definition
organisms that break down dead things and wastes
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producers
Definition
organisms that get their energy directly from the sun and make their own food
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consumers
Definition
organsims that depend on other organsims for food
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the sun
Definition
provides energy for all living things
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energy pyramid
Definition
shows how energy moves through an ecosystem
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needed by plants for photosynthesis
Definition
sunlight, carbon dioxide, water
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migration
Definition
the movement of a whole group of animals from one ecosystem to another ecosystem
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producers
Definition
the organisms which are usually at the base of an energy pyramid
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habitat
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the place where an organism lives
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host
Definition
the plant or animal that a parasite lives on or in
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adaptations
Definition
the special characteristics or skills that help living things survive in their environments
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a food chain
Definition
the transfer of energy and nutrients through a community
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reasons why animals might migrate
Definition
to reproduce or to raise their young
to search for food or water
to avoid weather that is too hot or too cold
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