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Semester 1
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Science
6th Grade
09/30/2009

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Qualitative observation
Definition
When one/all of your five senses are used to describe something
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Quantitative observation
Definition
When a measurement or number is used to describe something
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Biotic factor
Definition
Something that is living, used to be living, or was produced by something living
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Abiotic Factor
Definition
Nonliving part of an ecosystem
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Organism
Definition
Any living thing
ex: animal, plant, fungus, bacteria
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Individual
Definition
A single organism
ex: Mr. Bennett, Simba from the Lion King
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Population
Definition
Multiple individuals of the same species (type) in the same place
ex: sparrows, alligators
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Community
Definition
All of the populations in a certain place
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Ecosystem
Definition
A system of interacting organisms and abiotic factors in a certain place
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Habitat
Definition
The place that supplies all of an organism's needs
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Environment
Definition
Everything (biotic and abiotic) around an organism that affects it
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Terrestrial
Definition
Land
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Aquatic
Definition
Water
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Feeding relationship
Definition
A type of biotic interaction when one thing eats another
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Food Chain
Definition
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Food Web
Definition
All of the feeding relationships in an ecosystem
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Consumer
Definition
An organism that gets its energy from another organism
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Decomposer
Definition
An organism that gets its energy from a dead organism
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First-level consumer (primary consumer)
Definition
An consumer that eats only producers, also called an herbivore
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Second-level consumer (secondary consumer)
Definition
A consumer that eats first-level consumer
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Third-level consumer (tertiary consumer)
Definition
A consumer that eats second-level consumers
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Photosynthesis
Definition
When the sun's energy, combined with water (H2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2), allow food (sugar) to be produced.
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Producer
Definition
An organism that can make its own energy through photosynthesis.
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Herbivore
Definition
An animal that only eats plants
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Carnivore
Definition
An animal that eats other animals (does not eat producers)
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Omnivore
Definition
An animal that eats both plants and animals; an animal that eats both producers and consumers
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Trophic level
Definition
The position an organism has on a food chain (is it a producer, 1st level consumer, 2nd level consumer, etc)
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