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05/05/2015

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Taxis
Definition
The movement of a free moving organism or cell in a response  to an external stimulus such as light.
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Tropism
Definition
Growth of all or part of an organism or cell in a response to an external stimulus
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Phototropism
Definition
Process of a plant growing toward light
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Dormancy
Definition
The process plants use to conserve energy to survive during harsh conditions
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Adaption
Definition
An inherited trait that improves an idividuals ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment
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Taxonomy
Definition
The science of describing, naming, and classifying organisms.
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Classification
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The division of organisms into groups ,or classes, based on specific characteristics
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Dichotomous key
Definition
An aid that is used to identify organisms and that consists of the answers to a series of questions
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Energy transformation
Definition
The process of energy changing from one form into another
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Producer
Definition
An organism that can make its own food by using energy from its surroundings
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Decomposer
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An organism that gets energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms or animal wastes and consuming or asorbimg the nutrients
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Consumer
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An organism that eats other organisms or organic matter
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Herbivore
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An organism that eats only plants
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Carnivore
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An organism that eats animals
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Omnivore
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An organism that eats both plants and animals
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Food chain
Definition
The pathway of energy transfer through various stages as a result of the feeding paterns of a series of organisms
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Food web
Definition
A diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem
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Energy pyramid
Definition
A triangular diagram that shows an ecosystem's loss of energy, which results as energy passes through the ecosystem's food chain
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Biome
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A large region characterized by specific type of climatre and certain types of plant and animal communities
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Succesion
Definition
The replacement of one type of community by another at a single location over a period of time
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Pioneer species
Definition
A species that colonizes an unhabited area and that starts a process of succesion
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Biodiversity
Definition
The number and variety of organisms in a given area during a specific period of time
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Niche
Definition
A poisotion or role a species has in an ecosystem
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Abiotic factors
Definition
all nonliving things in an ecosystem, (rocks, air, water, soil, light, etc)
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Primary succession
Definition
The first organisms to grow in an unhabitated area that has no soil such as lichens that grow on rocks
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biotic factors
Definition
All the livings things in an ecosystem,(plants aka flora and animals aka fauna)
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Geotropism
Definition
A plants response to gravity
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Secondary succession
Definition
The growth in an existing ecosystem that has been damaged by a natural disaster
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