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Competency 37 Life Science
TExES EC-6 Generalist Test
15
Education
Professional
11/03/2010

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Term
vertebrates
Definition
  • animals with backbone
  • cold-blooded such as fish, amphibians, reptiles
  • warm-blooded such as birds and mamals
Term
invertebrates
Definition
  • animals with no backbone
  • 97% of earth's animals
  • sponges, worms, mollusks, starfish, lobsters, crabs, jellyfish
Term
food web
Definition

shows how all the food chains within an ecosystem are connected 

can be affected by:

-weather, fire, flooding

-deforestation

-pesticides

-pollution

Term
decomposers
Definition
  • the things that eat dead or decaying object
  • fungi and bacteria are 2 examples
Term
producers
Definition

they produce their own food

example would be plants

Term

sun

grass

rabbit

owl

earthworm

Definition
name the food chain in order from the sun to the earthworm
Term
food chain
Definition
how energy flows in an ecosystem
Term
consumers
Definition

animals that eat the plants

examples include: herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores

Term
predators
Definition

animals that eat consumers

they hunt and kill other animals for food

Term
food
Definition
an increase in this would most likely result in an increase in the size of a population
Term
tropical rainforests
Definition
  • found near the equator
  • warm temperatures
  • wet climate
  • animals include jaguars and anacondas
Term
grassland savannah
Definition
  • moderate temperatures
  • 1/4 of Earth's land
  • animals include prairie dogs, kangaroos, and lions
Term
tundra
Definition
  • world's coldest
  • animals include the polar bear and arctic hares
Term
ocean
Definition

-accounts for 97% of earth's water

-animals include the great white shark, lobsters, and angelfish

Term
deciduous forest
Definition

-moderate temperatures and rainfall

-have 4 seasons

-common animals include foxes, deers, and cardinals

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