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FlashCards por nathan brereton, atualizado more than 1 year ago
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Criado por nathan brereton
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| Questão | Responda |
| Pest | An organism which can cause damage. |
| Integrated control system | The harnessing of biological and chemical properties to control pests and pathogens in order to protect an environment |
| Producer | An organism capable of producing complex organic compounds through the process of photosynthesis. |
| Consumer | An organism that generally obtains food by feeding on other organisms or organic matter due to the lack of ability to manufacture their own food source. |
| decomposer | An organism whose ecological function involves recycling nutrients by performing decomposition as it feeds on dead or decaying organisms. |
| Detritivore | An organism that feeds on organic waste. |
| Zoo plankton | Animal constituent of Plankton |
| Phytoplankton | Plankton that consists of minue plant and other photosynthetic organisms. |
| Carnivore | An animal or plant that requires a stable diet of mainly animal tissue. |
| Herbivore | An animal that consumes mainly plant. |
| Omnivore | An animal that includes both plants and animals in its normal diet. |
| Trophic level | A position in a food chain occupied by an organism. |
| Ecosystem | A system which includes all living organisms in a area as well as abiotic functioning as a unit. |
| Habitat | The place where an organism or Biological population normally lives. |
| Agricultural ecosystem | Ecosystems that are made up largely of domesticated animals and plants to produce food. achieved by preventing s climax community. |
| Pesticide | A chemical which is used to kill unwanted organisms. |
| Herbicide | A chemical used to kill o control the growth of plants. |
| Insecticide | A chemical used to kill insects. A type of pesticide |
| fungicide | An agent that destroys fungi |
| Biological control | Control of pets by introducing a predator into its native environment. |
| Productivity | The rate at which organic matter is produced as chemical energy through photosynthesis. |
| Net productivity | Net productivity = Gross productivity - Respiratory loss |
| Dissipated | A process in which energy is lost without accomplishing useful energy transfer to the next trophic level. |
| Biological Accumulation | The accumulation within living organisms of toxic substances accruing in the environment. |
| Monoculture | The cultivation or growth of a single crop. |
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