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Biotic
A living thing, as an animal or plant, that influences or affects an ecosystem |
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Asexual Reproduction
Plants have two main types of asexual reproduction in which new plants are produced that are genetically identical clones of the parent individual. |
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Sexual Reproduction
The production of a new living thing by two parent organisms, with each parent contributing half the material in the DNA of the offspring. |
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Pollen
A fine powdery substance, typically yellow, consisting of microscopic grains discharged from the male part of a flower or from a male cone. Each grain contains a male gamete that can fertilize the female ovule, to which pollen is transported by the wind, insects, or other animals. |
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Nectar
A sugary fluid secreted by plants, especially within flowers to encourage pollination by insects and other animals. It is collected by bees to make into honey. |
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Abiotic
Physical rather than biological; not derived from living organisms. |
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Producers
Effectively introducing new organic material into the environment that the primary consumers can feed upon and so forth. |
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Oxygen
A colorless, odorless reactive gas, the chemical element of atomic number 8 and the life-supporting component of the air. Oxygen forms about 20 percent of the earth's atmosphere
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Germination
Germination is the process by which a plant grows from a seed. The most common example of germination is the sprouting of a seedling from a seed of an angiosperm |
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Ecosystem
An ecosystem is a community of living organisms (plants, animals and microbes) in conjunction with the nonliving components of their environment |
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Pollination
Pollination is the process by which pollen is transferred from the anther (male part) to the stigma (female part) of the plant, thereby enabling fertilization and reproduction. |
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Predators
One that preys, destroys, or devours
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Survival
The act or fact of living or continuing longer than another person or thing b : the continuation of life or existence |
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ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
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ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
Known characteristics in an environment that impact the survival, operations, and growth of an organization. |
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Genetics
The branch of biology that deals with heredity, especially the mechanisms of hereditary transmission and the variation of inherited traits among similar or related organisms. |
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