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