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Biotic is what?

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A living thing

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What is another word for living things?

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Organisms

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Abiotic is what?

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A non-living thing

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What is another word for “the biotic and abiotic elements in an area and their interactions”

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Ecosystems

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What is another way of saying tiny living things

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Micro-organisms

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A relationship that helps both species

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Mutualism

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A hunter is a

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Predator

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The hunted is

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Prey

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A large area of land with similar climate and is characterized by a unique mix of plants and animals

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Biome

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What are the 8 biomes?

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Tropical rainforest, savanna, grassland, chaparral, desert, temperate deciduous forest, boreal forest/taiga, tundra.

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Where are tropical rainforest located?

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Equatorial zone

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What is the climate like in a trop. Rain.

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Warm and humid

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Plants and animals in a trop. Rain.

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Dense plant life, tree canopy, bright, camouflaged and toxic animals

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Human impacts on trop. Rain.

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Deforestation, pressure from government to protect

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Where is a tropical savanna found?

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Equator

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Where is a temperate savanna found

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Mid latitude

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Where is a mediteranean savanna found?

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Mediteranean

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Where is a flooded savanna found?

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Tropics

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Where is a montane savanna found?

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High altitude

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What does a savanna look like?

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Flat land with grass and low lying shrubs

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What types of animals live in the savanna?

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Grazing mammals, rodents birds

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Human impacts on savannas?

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Wildfires, disruptive farms, poaching, droughts

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Where are boreal forests/taiga located?

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Northern hemisphere

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How much of the land do boreal forests/taiga take up?

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What types of trees live in boreal forests/taiga
Conifers
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What is a water source in boreal forests/taiga?
Freshwater lakes
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What types of plants are in boreal forests/taiga
Thick tree canopy an floor moss
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What are some examples of animals in boreal forests/taiga?
Caribou,beavers,bears, North American Atlantic salmon
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Where are tundras found?
Arctic, alpine
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What biome is vast,dry and rocky
Tundra
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Why do plants go dormant in the tundra
Frozen soil
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What are some animals that live in the tundra
Polar bears, snowbirds
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What are the 5 basic needs of biotic elements
Oxygen,water,food,energy,suitable habitat
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Examples of producers
All green plants and some bacteria
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Examples of consumer
Herbivores,omnivores,carnivores
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What does an animal do with the energy
Metabolism Finding food Reproduction Running away from predators
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--% of the energy moved on to the next tropic level
Rule of 10%
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----outnumber --------
Plants,carnivores
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What is the order of the food chain?
Producers to primary consumers (herbivores) to secondary consumers(carnivore)
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What is a tertiary consumer?
A primary and secondary consumer
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What is an example of a terterqry consumer
Humans
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A -------- shows how energy is passed between living things in an ecosystem?
Food chain
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Every food chain begins with ----?
The sun
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Living things that use sunlight to make food
Producers
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Living things that feed on others below them in the food chain
Consumers
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Animals that only eat plants
Herbivore
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Animals that eat other animals
Carnivore
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Animals that eat both plants and animals
Omnivore
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An organism that eats waste or deteris
Detitris