ecology Flashcards

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Abiotic factors

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nonliving in an ecosystem

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biosphere

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any area which organisms live

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biodiversity

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the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem

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biotic factors

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all living or once living things in an ecosystem

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carnivores

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eats other herbivores and other consumers

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consumers

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organisms that cannot make their own food and feed on eating producers and other organisms

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decomposers

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organisms that break down waste and dead organisms and return the raw materials to the environment

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ecology

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the study of how living organisms interact with eachother and with their environment

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ecosystem

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all living and nonliving things in one place

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herbivores

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eats only plants and others producers

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omnivores

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eat producers and consumers

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producers

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organisms that use an outside energy source, such as the sun, and produce their own food

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scavengers

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a carnivore that feeds on dead bodies of dead organisms

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