Vocab Set #22: Unit 7 Ecosystems Review 1

The measure of organism variety in an ecosystem.

• Biodiversity
• Biotic Factors
• Equilibrium
• Population

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Animals that eat other animals.

• Omnivore
• Herbivore
• Carnivore
• Scavenger

The variable that you WATCH for in an experiment; it is affected by another variable so that it changes.

• Control
• Constant
• Independent Variable
• Dependent Variable

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A balance between the number of species in an ecosystem.

• Biotic Factor
• Abiotic Factor
• Equilibrium
• Food Web

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A diagram of the food chains in an ecosystem.

• Food chain
• Food Web
• Energy Pyramid
• Biodiversity

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The variable that YOU CHANGE in an experiment. It is a variable that is NOT affected by another variable.

• Constant
• Control
• Dependent Variable
• Independent Variable

The most important species in an ecosystem. Depended upon other organisms, it's removal causes a bigger effect on the ecosystem than other species removal.

• Apex Predator

• Keystone Species

• Invasive Species

• Native Species

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A group of the same type of animal or plant in an area.

• Population
• Community
• Limiting Factor
• Equilibrium

An organism that can create its own food. Food for other organisms that cannot create their own food.

• Producer
• Primary consumer
• Secondary consumer
• Tertiary consumer

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Consumers that eat organisms on the primary consumer and producer trophic levels of the food web.

• Primary Consumer
• Secondary Consumer
• Tertiary Consumer
• Quaternary Consumer

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